Metal Ridge Cap Installation

As you can see we ve made a cut 2 inches on either side of the center line of the ridge.

Metal ridge cap installation.

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. I m going to use an abc vented ridge material that s been die cut to fit the sl 16 panel. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge. Center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.

Our host david mackey discusses techniques used in installing ridge cap using the sl 16 standing seam roofing system from american building components. I just installed the last piece of z trim and now we re ready to install 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. The gibraltar ridge cap is made from sturdy 29 gauge galvalume steel.

Although ridge caps can come as shingles and may have a feature such as the ability to self vent or include a skylight the. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps. We re going to get the hip cap in place and let it overhang at the eave so that i can make. Preparing the eave ridge cap ends.

How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap. 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. Galvalume uses an alloy of 45 zinc 55 aluminum to create an extra durable coating that is ideal for ridge capping a galvalume panel roof. Installing a vented ridge cap.

The ridge cap is the last thing to put on when installing a metal roof. The ridge cap used in conjunction with closure strips reliably protects the ridge seam against water infiltration. We now have to install a ridge cap with the vented ridge material. For a longer ridge move along the ridge repeating.

Now we re ready to deal with a vented ridge cap.