How To Install Metal Roof Shingles

Nail the drip edge in place using your hammer and roofing nails.

How to install metal roof shingles.

Place a sheet from top to bottom on a section of the roof. Always install flashing around a chimney and other valleys where two roof planes meet as these areas are more prone to leaks if not protected. If you want to install steel over asphalt your best choice for installing metal roofing is to use a steel shingle system like the one shown instead of the more common and more expensive standing seam steel. Starter shingles should be laid at the drip edge nailed down with roofing nails.

You should start your metal shingles installation with half a shingle or in accordance with your metal shingles installation manual which should be system specific starting from the left of the starter flashing or gable. Install metal roofing sheets. This framework has three big advantages. Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel.

Use 1 4 inch metal wood screws to attach the metal sheets to the wood slat board base. A benefit to doing it this way is that you can see if there is any rotten plywood that needs to be replaced before installing the new roof. Metal roofing sheets have to be installed one at a time. Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it.

In a standing seam roof long single panels run vertically all the way from the eave to the ridge. Install metal panels or shingles align the first metal roofing panel so that it overlaps the edging by 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch and is square to the roof line. Fasten the shingles to the roof using the nail clips designed specifically for metal shingles. Next lay the shingles working from the lower corner of the roof upward.

Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. Experts recommend that you work diagonally and raising each row of shingles gradually.