How To Install Metal Roofing Ridge Cap

Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps.

How to install metal roofing ridge cap.

See the illustration below. Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. We use a z trim and make sure to have tape seal underneath the z trim and between the ridge cap and the top of the z. Locate the butyl tape so that the ridge fasteners will penetrate at the center of the butyl tape once the ridge cap is in place.

You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims. The installation of the ridge cap is the same as the hip cap. In this part i cover installing vented foam closures and the rid. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge.

To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines. This is part 6 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge.