How To Install Tin Roof Ridge Cap

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.

How to install tin roof ridge cap.

To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge. In this video i demonstrate how to vent your house roof and install a vented metal ridge cap for entertainment purposes only the metal i m using is called c. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the.

Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims. Locate the butyl tape so that the ridge fasteners will penetrate at the center of the butyl tape once the ridge cap is. 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.

The installation of the ridge cap is the same as the hip cap.