Metal Roofing Ridge Cap Installation

Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps.

Metal roofing ridge cap installation.

Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge. I m going install these using pancake head fasteners and once that s done we can install the hip cap. This is part 6 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. Although ridge caps can come as shingles and may have a feature such as the ability to self vent or include a skylight the.

Installing a vented ridge cap. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge. The ridge cap is the last thing to put on when installing a metal roof. I m going to use an abc vented ridge material that s been die cut to fit the sl 16 panel.

I just installed the last piece of z trim and now we re ready to install the hip cap. As you can see we ve made a cut 2 inches on either side of the center line of the ridge. How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap. Preparing the eave ridge cap ends.

Now we re ready to deal with a vented ridge cap. In this part i cover installing vented foam closures and the rid. See the illustration below. We now have to install a ridge cap with the vented ridge material.

Apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap. Center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak. Our host david mackey discusses techniques used in installing ridge cap using the sl 16 standing seam roofing system from american building components.