How To Install Metal Roofing Ridge Cap

Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge.

How to install metal roofing ridge cap.

You cut z trims for the top of your panels. The installation of the ridge cap is the same as the hip cap. To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge.

See the illustration below. We use a z trim and make sure to have tape seal underneath the z trim and between the ridge cap and the top of the z. Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims.

In this part i cover installing vented foam closures and the rid. How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap. 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.