How To Do A Tin Roof Peak

Longer 2 inch nails are used instead of the more.

How to do a tin roof peak. If the roof is peaked start at the bottom of each side and build up to the top. Measure the vertical distance rise from the 12 inch mark on the level run to the underside of the same rafter. Finish the top by adding a folded peak piece of tin which is already shaped to top your roof. You should end up with 2 chalk marks one on each side of the ridge and running along its full length.

Notch the trim to lay it over the peak and secure it with 1 4 inch metal to wood screws. If you used v crimp style tin you are finished. Rather than a single slope a gable roof consists of two slopes that meet at a peak running down the middle of the roof. Following steps a c below place outside closure strips or vented closure along the full length of the ridge on both sides of the roof.

Install metal trim along the roof edge and across the peak. Measure the roof use measuring tools to find the length and width of the roof from the ground outside. Figure out the slope of the roof by setting a carpenter s level on the underside of one rafter in the attic. Set the piece of ridge cap aside and snap a chalk line between the marks.

The first cap piece is always nailed down with four equidistant nails near the corners two on each side of the peak. Lay the peak piece in.