Ridge Cap Metal Roof Installation

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.

Ridge cap metal roof installation.

I m going install these using pancake head fasteners and once that s done we can install the hip cap. For a longer ridge move along the. An alternate detail is a vented ridge cap which allows attic ventilation thr. It s made from a permeable material and is placed on top of the metal roofing panels at the ridge of the roof.

You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge. Trim the most common flashing for metal roofing is the ridge cap which is used at the peak of a roof where two opposing roof slopes join. The installation of the ridge cap is the same as the hip cap.

Preparing the eave ridge cap ends. Other flashings include transition flashing end wall and sidewall flashings and valleys see diagram on right for application. I just installed the last piece of z trim and now we re ready to install the hip cap. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the.

To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines. It allows the stale air in the attic to be drawn out on a year round basis. Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.

Locate the butyl tape so that the ridge fasteners will penetrate at the center of the butyl tape once the ridge cap is. You cut z trims for the top of your panels. This video shows how to install an unvented ridge cap with standing seam panels.