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For a sector as versatile as home improvement, the metal roofing segment, indeed, has been a
competent cynosure. Perhaps, the metal roofing industry, from the outset may seem too colossal to
invite perspective. Well, for one, you must know that metal roofs are far beneficial than what you
think they are. If you foresee longevity for your residential roof, metal roofing systems is what you
must opt for.
Rot- and warp-resistant structures, metal roofs are esthetically designed. They are light-weight and
durable to sustain architectural integrity. Metal roofs are color-locked; painted with quality
polymers, the color holds on to the roof for years. Homes feel cooler; metal roofs don't drink down
on energy. Metal roofing panels earned recognition when 5V-Crimp panels debuted in the industry -a panel with a classy v-design that works toward structure toughening and bonding. The 5V-Crimp
panels, longitudinally measure 24'' braced with support ribs at a height of ''. The traditional v-design
is what enhances panel strength. The 5V-Crimp panels are fabricated from 24- or 26-gauge
prepainted Galvalume. An aluminum zinc alloy, Galvalume is coated over the metal panels to
promote longevity and prevent corrosion.
As far as possible, plan to install the panels ordered for, soon after they are delivered. Storing them
for long may nihil the texture of the roof. If you have no option but to store them, do so, by raising
the panel off the floor and resting one end of the panel on a structure that can provide support.
Avoid plastic to canopy the metal sheets; use tarps, instead. It would only disembody its property of
ventilation, degrading the core quality of the panels by absorbing excess heat and moisture.
Inconsiderate weather conditions, too, may derail their overall integrity; instead, store them indoors.
Before getting on to the roof, know the condition on top. Accumulated frost over the roof may not
provide the kind of traction you hoped for. Rains can make matters worse; get back to work once the
weather is permissible. Likewise, hot and humid weather conditions may not spell good news for
your task's continuity.
Walking on partially secured metal panels is dangerous. The panel may slide off before you realize.
Exercise caution.
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Skip the roofing activity on a windy day. Fasteners or metal fragments flying around vengefully,
courtesy of the wind may take you by surprise and lead to accidents.
Don't go ahead with a task if you are in doubt. Professional assistance, more often than not, would
resolve the issue. Know your limits.
Appropriate underlayment or substrate must be ensured before starting work on site in order to
prevent fall-through.
Keep a tab on your position on the roof. Nearing the roof edges may cause fatal falls. If someone
else, too, is working on the roof, take attentive note. Know their location, so as to prevent
accidentally pushing them off the roof.
Protective gear is a must while roofing your residence. Wearing full-sleeved shirts, full pants, gloves,
and safety goggles during the entire process, needless to mention, keeps you protected and prevents
injury. Arrange for a lifeline system to tighten the safety measures, especially when working on
steeper-than-usual roofs.
Necessary adjustments are needed if the structure is not square and true. The panels won't seal out
to out if the structure is not what it, ideally should be. To correct the discrepancy, adopt the 3, 4, 5
triangle method. It follows the basic rule of Euclidean Geometry, that of Pythagorean theorem. The
formal definition reads "In a right-angled triangle, the area of the square whose side is the
hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the the squares of the other two sides." The equation: a + b = c.
Installers, inadvertently use green lumber to support the framework of their roof. It's a wrong
practice. Now, Green lumber is not the kiln-dried lumber; the lumber is damp from the insides.
Though cheaper, this lumber may warp overtime and weaken the engineered framework and
integrity. Years of heat absorbed by your house with a moisture-locked lumber only leads to creating
an environment conducive to molds and fungus. It can lead to further corrosion, damaging the
panels in the bargain. Besides, fasteners do not thread well through green lumber.
A 30# roofing felt or moisture barrier must be installed in order to segregate the panel from the ''--''
plywood substrate.
While adopting an angle to cut the panels -- i.e., cutting the panels across the profile or with the
profile, (by width or length, respectively) -- use a portable shear or a nibbler to achieve a profiled
appropriation. The textured side of the panel must be laid prone over the underlayment for the finish
to not incur damage of any kind.
Clean up any metal shavings produced due to drilling and cutting as they may end up making their
way into the panel, causing rust to accumulate in the longer run. The same procedure applies after
the screws have been drilled through the panels. Scratches and rust bleeds would be the resultant
sight if you fail to brush off metal dust, or screw filings.
over the mini eave trim.
Install the 5V-Crimp panel, considering the eave trim overhang of 1''.
Ensure that the panels you install are square and true.
A trim characterized as the lowest part of the roof, lining the attached gutter edge. This accessory
must be fastened prior to installing the 5V-Crimp panels.
Attach the eave trim to the roof deck with
Pancake Head Clip Screws or Trim Pancake/Stitch Screws. Consider using fasteners every 2'' of the
trim surface. The screws must cover the complete length of the eave trim.
The eave drip must cover
the topmost edge of the fascia.
Attach the inside closure, which serves to seal or watertight the
panels.
Eave trims when pieced, must, ideally be overlapped to 3-inches.
Attach the panels at the
eave with Self-drilling Wood grip screws.
Possessing a dual identity, the gable trim is an accessory fastened to the edges of the roof, clutching
the edge of the eave to the ridge. It is a triangular segment of the end wall of a structure.
Install the
roofing panels considering the same plane as the gable edge with Self-drilling Wood grip screws,
leaving an overhang of minimum 1'' to attach the drip edge. Intermittent checks to ensure that the
panels are square and true is important to the corroboration of the project.
Secure Double-seal
Butyl Bead mastic strip sealant along the lower profile of the panel.
Install the rake trim beginning
at the butt end of the eave trim. Make sure that the other rake trim pieces must overlap the piece
that lies underneath by 4'', using the lapping pattern that has been described in the "lapping
pattern" section of this article.
Fasten the rake/gable trim with Trim Pancake/Stitch Screws
distancing them 2'' apart from each other.
They are accessories positioned at an internal angle fabricated due to an interjection of the two roof
pitches. They divert the rainwater off the roof rather than having it seep through the panels.
The
preformed valley trim must be fastened with Trim Pancake/Stitch Screws on the
waterproof/moisture membrane.
Maintain a distance of 2'' between the screws. The pieces that are
attached after the first must overlap the piece under them by 4''.
Install an expanding closure each
at the sides of the valley; they should be parallel to each other and the distance between the valley
and each expanding closure on both sides must be equal.
Now, install the 5V-Crimp panel leaving a
minimum of 3'' from the water diverter valley on both sides, and fasten it with tapping Screw Sealers
maximum 4'' on center.
A flashing that prevents the issue of leakage where two sloping roof planes intersect, thereby
providing rainwater a smooth transition through the roof pitches.
Install the panel by leaving an
overhang of 1'' at the eave edge; panels must be square and true.
Secure the panel with Trim
Pancake/Stitch Screws at a distance of 2'' between the screws.
Allow the outside closure to seat
itself along the upper edge of the panel.
Attach the transition/pitch break trim using Trim
Pancake/Stitch Screws. Space the screws 16'' to 18'' apart from each other along the length of the
trim. The screw must drive through the outside closure also drilling through the panel installed
beneath.
Moving on to the section, 2'' above the bend, place the inside closure serving to be the
barrier in preventing insect infestations and buildup of debris.
Measure 1'' above the transition
bend, and place the 5V-Crimp panel over the closure, leaving a minimum of 1'' overhang.
Tapping
Screw Sealers or Self-drilling Wood grip screws would be ideal fasteners. Refer to fastening
guidelines if you require any assistance in the process.
It is a flashing that is to be fastened beginning from the low slope to a steep slope. Begin by
installing the panel with its lower edge leaving an eave overhang of 1''.
Trim Pancake/Stitch Screws
must be fastened at the flat surface of the panel.
Install the outside closure on the upper edge of the
panel followed by placing the gambrel trim over it with the help of Trim Pancake/Stitch
Screws.
Space the screws 18'' apart from each other; however, the spacing should be such that one
screw injects the outside closure and the roofing panel, simultaneously.
Moving 2'' above gambrel
bend, apply inside closure spanning the length of the trim.
Space the panel roof 1'' from above the
gambrel bend, and fasten it with Self-drilling Wood grip screws.
This is a flashing attached at the external angle formed when two roof pitches intersect, spanning
from the ridge to the eaves. Install the 5V-Crimp panel over the waterproof membrane leaving an
eave trim overhang of 1''. Use Tapping Screw Sealers to fasten the panel to the moisture
barrier.
Place the hip trim over the panel to derive the centerline, and place the expanding closure,
accordingly.
Install the expanding closure 1'' above the panel upper edge, parallel to each other
from the centerline to the rising hip of the trim.
Now, install the hip trim over the expanding
closure, and fasten it with Self-drilling Wood grip screws distancing them 18'' along the length of the
hip trim.
A ridge is a cap applied to seal the the meeting point of two sloping roofs that form a horizontal line.
Venting Material applied before installing the ridge trim serves purposeful as it can remain
ventilated. It is important for siphoning the moist air from the rafter region.
Fasten the roofing
panel over the moisture barrier and the substrate with Tapping Screw Sealers.
Line the ridge vent
with externally baffled rolled ridge vent.
Install the ridge trim over the vented ridge material
application. Fasten the trim with Self-drilling Wood grip screws spacing them 18'', spanning the
complete ridge trim.
A type of roof trim, high side peak trim is meant to be applied to the peak of the roof to prevent
water seepage through the panels. Begin by ensuring that the panels are square and true to avoid
discrepancies of any kind. Thereafter, install the panel leaving an overhang edge of eave trim by 1''
securing it with Tapping Screw Sealers.
Place the outside closure 1'' below the top edge of the
panel. Install the high side peak trim over the outside closure at an angle. Drill the Trim
Pancake/Stitch Screws through the trim, the closure and the panel.
Along the height of the wall,
drill Trim Pancake/Stitch Screws along the length of the high side peak trim ending close to the
cleat.
A flashing that is used in the internal area where the side wall connects the lower roof. It prevents
leakage. Install the panel leaving an overhang edge of eave trim by 1''. Secure the panel with Selfdrilling stitch screws.
Double-seal Butyl Bead mastic strip sealant would come into use as you apply
it covering the entire length of the panel platform.
Install the side wall trim over the butyl bead
mastic, and lap it with the following trim ends considering a space of 4''. Fasten the trim on the
vertical wall side of roof with Self-drilling Wood grip screws.
Apply a tube sealant along the trim,
sealing any void between the trim and the panel. Smooth out the sealant so that there is no moisture
retention/penetration, or insect infestation.
It is a flashing used to digress any probability of water seepage where the end wall and the lower
roof pitch intersect. Install the 5V-Crimp panel over the substrate and the moisture
barrier.
Overhang eave trim by 1'' and fasten it with Self-drilling Wood screws.
Install the outside
closure 1'' below the upper edge through the entire length of the panels.
Now, place the end wall
trim over the outside closure, with each trim installed 4'' higher than the one below it.
Fasten the
trim with Self-tapping screws, drilling the screw through the end wall trim, the outside closure, and
the panel. Self-tapping screws must line the trim extending through the length of the vertical wall.
Distance the screws 2'' apart from each other covering the entire length of the trim.
Apply a tube
sealant to fill the space between the end wall accessory and the wall.
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8 Transition trims are to be fastened where the roof features a pitch break.
9 Install and fasten the 5V-Crimp panels, leaving no region without the panel cover. The 5V-Crimp
panels must lap the high slopes of the roof, thereby completing the paneling process.
10 Install the gable trim along the gable edges of the roof mounted over the Crimp panels.
11 The gable/rake trims ought to be followed-up by installing the high side peak trims, while lapping
the panels.
12 Apply ridge trims over regions or edges that were deprived of the trim due to other preceding
installation procedures.
13 The side wall trim must line the side wall of the roof, lapping the panels.
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14 End wall trim must be installed at the end wall intersecting junctions.
1 Moisture Barrier
2 Fascia Trim
3 Eave Trim
4 Valley Trim
5 5V-Crimp Panels
6 Hip Trim
7 Ridge Trim
8 Transition Trim
9 5V-Crimp Panels
10 Gable/Rake Trim
12 Ridge Trim
comfortable indoors, while the heat is at its best outdoors. It is courtesy of the superior coatings
applied to the pitch of the roof, which possesses the quality of reflectance.