How To Install Strapping For Metal Roof

You can find a drip edge at any home goods store.

How to install strapping for metal roof.

26 or 29 is a variable that must be considered as is the type of fastener and the pitch of the roof. In contrast steel shingles are. Take your first sheet of metal and place it on the roof so that it overhangs the edge at least 3 4 in 1 9 cm. The fascia board is the long straight board that runs along the lower edge of the roof.

In a standing seam roof long single panels run vertically all the way from the eave to the ridge. Hammer the nails in every 6 inches 15 cm. Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart down the entire piece of metal. Snap lines between each set of upper and lower marks.

Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge. Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it. Make sure there is a 0 5 inches 1 3 cm gap between the board and the drip edge. The gauge of the metal 24.

Begin laying the metal sheets from the bottom to the top of the roof. Use the lower edge of the roof as a guide and install nailers end to end across the roof with the lower edge two inches from the edge of the. Now you may install your hurricane straps. 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.

At a guess i would place the strapping no further apart than 16 oc. Screw the metal sheets into the slat board with a wood screw every 2 feet along the edges. You may need to cut some sheetrock out of your interior walls also. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof.

Screw the first sheet in the center as well as the edges. Overlap the rises and dips if using corrugated sheets or lay flat sheeting with a slight vertical overlap. Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel. Move back the insulation to expose your walls and rafters.

Install your drip edge against the fascia board. This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i.