How To Install Metal Roofing Ridge Cap

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How to install metal roofing ridge cap.

This is part 6 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. 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. We use a z trim and make sure to have tape seal underneath the z trim and between the ridge cap and the top of the z. Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap.

If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one 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. In this part i cover installing vented foam closures and the rid.

To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines. Center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak. You cut z trims for the top of your panels.