How To Hem Standing Seam Metal Roof

When used extended drip edge should be installed first along the drip edge of the roof.

How to hem standing seam metal roof.

Next bend up the long edges of the pan 1 on one side 1 on the other. Standing seam metal roofs were only a figment of the imagination in the minds of average homeowners. Snap the panels together and fasten along the opposite side and top of the panel. The special trim is often easier and safer to install.

This is the 1st metal roof i ever did but i studied it for about 2 years. Pancake screws are applied to the nail strip of the standing seam panels. Snap first two to three inches of panel together and slide the panel tight against the eave trim or with the gap depending on the temperature. The lower end of each panel is then trimmed and the hem pre bent before installation see pg 9.

You can use a special gable trim or a regular drip edge. Now they seem to be popping up on every block. This is the first of a series of videos i plan to do to document what i learned and. To make pans measure from 4 above the roof ridge to allocate metal for a seam and 1 beyond the roof edge then cut your metal to this dimension with metal shears or tin snips.

While installing standing seam metal panels there are two basic ways to trim the gables of your roof. Watson metals demonstrates how to notch and fold standing seam roofing panels utilizing the malco deft tool a malco seamer and tongs tool and various meta.