Use notching scissors to notch the metal in the middle so that it will bend over the ridge.
How to installing a metal roof over shingles viedo.
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.
Install with 1 4 inch metal wood screws at a distance of every two feet.
The vast majority of installations of the metal roofing systems produced by my company are over existing shingles.
This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i.
In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof.
Make sure roof is square.
Close the bottom of the metal roof.
1 remove the shingles before installing the metal roof the first way to install a metal roof over shingles is by completely removing the old shingles before installing the new metal roof.
Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it.
Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel.
Install the metal trim.
Your metal trim will go along the roof s edges as well as the top ridge.
The low weight of metal roofing is one thing that encourages this.
In this video i cover measuring the roof figuring the metal th.
A benefit to doing it this way is that you can see if there is any rotten plywood that needs to be replaced before installing the new roof.