Metal Roofing Ridge Cap Installation

The process to install ridge cap shingles has changed because roofing market trends have favored a new type of shingle.

Metal roofing ridge cap installation.

The installation of the ridge cap is the same as the hip cap. 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. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge. You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims.

How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented 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. See the illustration below. To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines.

Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge. Three tab shingles are easy to cut into strips to create a ridge cap but now roofers and homeowners largely prefer laminated shingles. You cut z trims for the top of your panels.

Rob davidson vice president of residential sales for iko canada explains why. Apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap. When i started with iko over 20 years ago three tab. The ridge cap is used to seal the upper point at which two slopes meet.

This can be both along the ridge of the roof as well as the covering for a hip and the ridge of dormers. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps.