How To Install Interlocking Metal Roofing

Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing.

How to install interlocking metal roofing.

Remove the old roof. Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel. If you are the type of homeowner who wants to embark on an installation of a new roof a metal shingles roofing system will be the easiest to install. Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart.

You will need to order enough metal material to cover the entire roof and this process. Align the first metal roofing panel so that it overlaps the edging by 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch and is square to the roof. Installation of a standing seam metal roof involves joining vertical interlocking panels from the top of the roof ridge to the roof s eave edge. Measure the roof area.

Place the first screw. Make sure that the screws are all aligned evenly as you will be able to see them from the ground if they are. Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it. Metal roofing panels are now available in a wide range of colors and styles.

The area where each panel joins the next is raised above the roof s flat surface.