Installing a standing seam metal roof is not as easy as it may seem at first. “Yeah”, you might think: βWhat is there to do? Just put up those panels!β.
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Not so quick, now! Standing seam installation process can actually involve a lot of tedious work, so let’s cover it in a step-by-step fashion to see some of the challenges it may entail. Shall we?
| 1. Basic Prep Work Required |
| 2. Necessary Tools, Materials, and Supplies |
| 3. Installation Process |
1. Basic Preparation for the Job
The most important thing about installing standing seam, is to measure the roof correctly and precisely. Here is why; Each standing seam panel is cut to the exact size, and if your panels are too short, you will run the following costly issues:
A) If a panel is only 2β³ short, you may not be able to use your ridge cap as it will not cover the ends of the panels. In this case you will have to get or make a wider cap. In this case it will go from 12 to 16β³ wide cap (remember β panels are 2β off on each side, so we add 4β³ to the ridge cap)
B) If panels are short by 4-6β³ you may not be able to get a cap that wide, so now you have only two options: Ether panels are useless, or you splice them.
Splicing 6-inch metal panels, while sitting at the ridge of your roof is about as much fun as head-butting the curb! π You would probably want to get at least 2-3 feet long panels for splicing. You will also need at least a foot of overlap on each panel.
In either case you will run into additional work and will likely have to spend a lot more money compared to what should have (and could have) been originally spent.
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