Installing A Metal Roof Ridge Cap

Center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.

Installing a metal roof ridge cap.

We now have to install a ridge cap with the vented ridge material. I m going to use an abc vented ridge material that s been die cut to fit the sl 16 panel. Installing a vented ridge cap. Installing the hip cap.

See the illustration below. How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap. For a longer ridge move along the ridge repeating. I m marking here along this ridge and along this ridge.

Apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap. As you can see we ve made a cut 2 inches on either side of the center line of the ridge. Now that we ve finished preparing the eave end and the ridge cap ends of the hip cap we can install it on top of the z bar using pop rivets. 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.

Now we re ready to deal with a vented ridge cap. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge. The ridge cap is the last thing to put on when installing a metal roof. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge.

Although ridge caps can come as shingles and may have a feature such as the ability to self vent or include a skylight the. This is part 6 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps.