How To Install A Vent Pipe Through A Metal Roof

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How to install a vent pipe through a metal roof.

Go into your attic. Homesteading ranching self reliance is not without its difficulties at times. Be sure to subscribe. This is how i installed my dwv drain waste vent pipe through my metal roof.

Once we had the pipe extension connected we figured out where the new vent pipe would need to pass through the roof using a piece of scrap wood held flush with the pipe. Measure the body of the vent. Position the vent pipe up to the bottom of the roof. I really hate cutting holes in roofs but it was this or run 15 feet of vent hose through a gable end.

Using the tape measure determine the size of the cut into the roof that will be necessary to insert the vent into the space. The penetration will be oval to have a round pipe exit vertically through a pitched roof you need an oval hole in the roof. But it truly is rewarding. Below are some links to the tools i used on this project.

Record those measurements on a notepad. With the pipe in a vertical position trace around the pipe using a pencil.