Metal Roofing Ridge Cap Installation

Three tab shingles are easy to cut into strips to create a ridge cap but now roofers and homeowners largely prefer laminated shingles.

Metal roofing ridge cap installation.

This can be both along the ridge of the roof as well as the covering for a hip and the ridge of dormers. See the illustration below. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps. How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap.

Center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak. Rob davidson vice president of residential sales for iko canada explains why. You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims. 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.

When i started with iko over 20 years ago three tab. To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge. Apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap.

The process to install ridge cap shingles has changed because roofing market trends have favored a new type of shingle. Our host david mackey discusses techniques used in installing ridge cap using the sl 16 standing seam roofing system from american building components. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge. The installation of the ridge cap is the same as the hip cap.

Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. You cut z trims for the top of your panels.