How To Put On Metal Roof Cap

Start at one edge of the roof and lay the cap on the ridge line.

How to put on metal roof cap.

To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines. Locate the butyl tape so that the ridge fasteners will penetrate at the center of the butyl tape once the ridge cap is. This video shows how to install an unvented ridge cap with standing seam panels. Use foam insulation along the edge of the roof cap where it meets the metal roofing material.

Just simple 3d animated digital instructions on how to install rake trim on a masterrib metal roof. You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims. Masterrib is a 36 wide 5. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the.

If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge. Cut the panels to the desired length. We re going to get the hip cap in place and let it overhang at the eave so that i can make marks and bend it down. How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap.

First we re going to put the hip cap in place and mark it so that we can prepare the end here at the eave and the top at the ridge. Remove the paper backing and stick it to the metal roof. Most panels come up to 32 feet 9 8 m in length. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.

No sales pitch or other fluff. For a longer ridge move along the. Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. This closes it off for a nice finished look where the two joints at the eave are.

An alternate detail is a vented ridge cap which allows attic ventilation thr. Once the z trim has been fastened to the roof panel you position your ridge cap and fasten it to the z trim using pop rivets. Now i ve marked the top side of the hip cap in line with the eave and i m making a quick mark underneath where the two eaves meet so that i can join those lines and.