How To Install Steel Tile Roofing

This is part 1 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house.

How to install steel tile roofing.

The first row is followed with a full shingle finishing the initial row. Through fastened panel installation 09 03 2019. Align the first metal roofing panel so that it overlaps the edging by 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch and is square to the roof. If you want to install steel over asphalt your best choice for installing metal roofing is to use a steel shingle system like the one shown instead of the more common and more expensive standing seam steel.

How to install metal roofing. Learn how to install metal roofing materials from through fastened panels and standing seam to metal shingles and metal tile. Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it. Place the first screw.

You should have reinforced the frame of the roof earlier before. Repair and reinforce the roof if applicable. The eave flashing or edging is just the steel metal strips used to cover the entire perimeter of the roof. Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel.

For exposed fasteners avoid over tightening the fastener. Next you are ready to install the metal roof. The second row should be started with a full shingle all the way to the end. Remove old roofing if applicable.

You are essentially sealing off the metal roof with this flashing and you need to make sure that is securely fastened. In a standing seam roof long single panels run vertically all the way from the eave to the ridge. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. The ridge would then be covered with interlocking ridge caps.

Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart. Position the first. This is on its own a major job that can take days and require special tools. How to install metal roofing.

You can use 1 inch nails for the installation of eave flashing. Staggering metal shingles 10 14 2019.