How To Installing A Metal Roof Over Shingles Viedo

Install with 1 4 inch metal wood screws at a distance of every two feet.

How to installing a metal roof over shingles viedo.

A benefit to doing it this way is that you can see if there is any rotten plywood that needs to be replaced before installing the new roof. The low weight of metal roofing is one thing that encourages this. This is part 1 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. In this video i cover measuring the roof figuring the metal th.

Your metal trim will go along the roof s edges as well as the top ridge. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof. 1 remove the shingles before installing the metal roof the first way to install a metal roof over shingles is by completely removing the old shingles before installing the new metal roof. The vast majority of installations of the metal roofing systems produced by my company are over existing shingles.

Steel shingles weigh about 1 4 what asphalt shingles weigh and aluminum shingles weigh about 1 8 what standard shingles weigh. Use notching scissors to notch the metal in the middle so that it will bend over the ridge. Install the metal trim. This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i.

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 line. Close the bottom of the metal roof. Cut v shaped notches into metal sheets and bend them to fit trim pieces to the ridge line and eave.