How To Install Metal Roofing On Your House

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

How to install metal roofing on your house. Most codes now allow no more than two layers of roofing before requiring a complete tear off. Can you avoid tearing off your old asphalt shingle roof by putting a steel roof over it. Screw a metal sheet into the wood of the roof through the tarpaper. Install the metal edging around the roof s perimeter using 1 inch 3 2 centimeter roofing nails.

Most metal shingles will be attached to the roof using metal shingle. Measure the roof area. Remove the old roof. For exposed fasteners avoid over tightening the fastener.

Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. You will need to order enough metal material to cover the entire roof and this process. Make sure that the screws are all aligned evenly as you will be able to see them from the ground if they are. Work up from the initial row starting at the lower corner in a diagonal pattern staggering the shingles to prevent gaps.

Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart.