Metal Roof Cap Installation

You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims.

Metal roof cap installation.

You will also need a large garbage can a jigsaw or power metal shear a staple gun a drill and assorted drill bits 1 inch roofing nails metal roofing screws and self drilling self sealing wood screws. How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap. You will most likely have to order the roofing metal in the amount and color specific to your house. Let s take a look at the most common types of metal roofs for houses.

The ridge cap is the last thing to put on when installing a metal roof. First we re going to position the hip cap so that i can mark the tops of the ribs with a sharpie which will tell me where to put the z trim. You cut z trims for the top of your panels. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge.

An affordable option and easier to lay than shingles tin is the most commonly used type of metal roofing. Next i ll remove the hip cap get our z trim cut them to length and install them. This is part 6 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. The installation of the ridge cap is the same as the hip cap.

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. In this part i cover installing vented foam closures and the rid. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge. See the illustration below.

For a longer ridge move along the ridge repeating. Apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap. Although ridge caps can come as shingles and may have a feature such as the ability to self vent or include a skylight the. In the same way that we use z trim for the installation of end wall flashing.

Once the z trim has been fastened to. 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. Center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.