How To Metal Roof Your House

You will use metal roofing screws to secure the metal panels to the sheathing.

How to metal roof your house.

This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i. Here are some pros and cons. Can you avoid tearing off your old asphalt shingle roof by putting a steel roof over it. Most codes now allow no more than two layers of roofing before requiring a complete tear off.

In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. How to install a metal roof on a house covering your existing asphalt shingles with metal roofing might be worth the expense. Make sure that the screws are all aligned evenly as you will be able to see them from the ground if they are.

And when you upload a photo of your own home the visualizer tool enables you to see what your house would look like with any of our metal roofing products and available color options. Metal roofing is increasingly found in conventional houses thanks to increasing availability and improved manufacturing processes according to industry statistics market share for metal roofing has been increasing at a rate of roughly 3 percent each year over. Metal roofs are not just a novelty. Can you put steel roofing over asphalt.

Metal roofs can be as much as two or three times more expensive than other roofing materials. Metal roofs can be noisy especially during a heavy rain or hailstorm. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. Most metal shingles will be attached to the roof using metal shingle.

Try to space the screws about 12 inches apart down the entire piece of metal. Once metal roofing was found only on high end architect designed homes. In a standing seam roof long single panels run vertically all the way from the eave to the ridge. That s no longer true.

Work up from the initial row starting at the lower corner in a diagonal pattern staggering the shingles to prevent gaps. Moreover try to ensure that the screws are all aligned evenly. And for any exposed fasteners try to avoid over tightening them. For exposed fasteners avoid over tightening the fastener.

The visualizer tool comes with a tutorial that walks you through each step of the process.