How To Hem Standing Seam Metal Roof

The lower end of each panel is then trimmed and the hem pre bent before installation see pg 9.

How to hem standing seam metal roof. Most metal roofs were confined to commercial buildings or only to very cool very expensive architect driven residential structures. This is the 1st metal roof i ever did but i studied it for about 2 years. While installing standing seam metal panels there are two basic ways to trim the gables of your roof. When used extended drip edge should be installed first along the drip edge of the roof.

This is the first of a series of videos i plan to do to document what i learned and. Next bend up the long edges of the pan 1 on one side 1 on the other. To make pans measure from 4 above the roof ridge to allocate metal for a seam and 1 beyond the roof edge then cut your metal to this dimension with metal shears or tin snips. Place sealant over underlap rib before sliding hem over the eave trim.

Pancake screws are applied to the nail strip of the standing seam panels. Standing seam metal roofs were only a figment of the imagination in the minds of average homeowners. Snap the panels together and fasten along the opposite side and top of the panel. The special trim is often easier and safer to install.

You can use a special gable trim or a regular drip edge. Now they seem to be popping up on every block.