How To Install Standing Seam Metal Roof Ridge Cap

The steps above explain steel roofing ridge cap installation for the most common metal roof and cap designs.

How to install standing seam metal roof ridge cap.

There are other types as well such as standing seam and shingle style panels vented ridge cap skylight ridge cap and formed ridge cap. The installation video above shows a vented ridge cap with rx10 versavent material that is pre attached before shipping. Although ridge caps can come as shingles and may have a feature such as the ability to self vent or include a skylight the. 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.

The ridge cap is the last thing to put on when installing a metal roof. Other flashings include gable trim which runs up the sloped ends of the roof and drip edge or eave trim. Apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap. The most common flashing for standing seam roofing is the ridge cap which is used at the peak of a roof where two opposing roof slopes join and attaches to the roof with z flashing.