How To Install Metal Roof Ridge Cap
To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines.
How to install metal roof ridge cap. Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. In this video i demonstrate how to vent your house roof and install a vented metal ridge cap for entertainment purposes only the metal i m using is called c. Now we re ready to deal with a vented ridge cap. Installing a vented ridge cap.
As you can see we ve made a cut 2 inches on either side of the center line of the ridge. I m going to use an abc vented ridge material that s been die cut to fit the sl 16 panel. Locate the butyl tape so that the ridge fasteners will penetrate at the center of the butyl tape once the ridge cap is. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge.
How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.