How To Install Metal Roof With Strips

Spacing of furring strips for metal roof when installing a metal roof over an existing roof insulate the spaces between the wood strips with rigid insulation to prevent condensation before.

How to install metal roof with strips.

It should overlap the edge of the gutter if you have them. Apply the closure strips to the wooden roof decking. Place corner pieces where panels will meet bends at the edge of the roofing. Use 3 inch white sheet metal screws with neoprene washers on the ridges in the metal sheeting until the roof is covered with corrugated metal.

If there are gutters installed on the eaves the eave flashing should be installed to overhang the lip of the gutter by about 1 2 inch. Insert the foam closure strips into the ends. Place the primary furring strips make sure that the wood strips are the right size. This is by far the most common way to install a metal roof.

Secure the corrugated metal sheet using a drill and 3 inch deck screws to attach the metal to the furring strips. 3 install 1x4 purlins down over the shingles before installing the metal roof the third way to install a metal roof over shingles is by applying 1x4 purlins over the shingle roof. You can cut strips of zinc flashing copper and lead work too and slide them under a course of roof shingles to kill lichen and moss growing there or you could just buy these premade strips from shingle shield. As long as the plywood under the shingle roof is in good condition this way can provide many benefits.

Install edging use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging. The edging or eave flashing consists of metal strips that are used to cover the perimeter of the roof. Do this prior to the installation of the metal panels. Place the closure strips along the entire length of the roof right at the edge but not so close that any of the strip hangs over the edge of the roof.

The inner edges need to be approximately four inches away from the pipe or vent. Then install them as nailers at every pipe roof penetration or vent point. The premade ones are much quicker and probably neater looking.