How To Install A Metal Roof Around A Round Chimney

Stick this piece to the roof boards and up 8 in.

How to install a metal roof around a round chimney. Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge. If there are gutters installed on the eaves the eave flashing should be installed to overhang the lip of the gutter by about 1 2 inch. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. Remove the rubber boot.

Place the step flashing over the caulk and onto the chimney. Place the chimney where it would be related to the stove and mark the center of the chimney on the ceiling. Later you ll seal the new metal saddle to this piece with additional strips of the membrane and then install roofing paper and shingles over the metal saddle. Install two layers of butyl tape sealant under perimeter of pan flashing apply sealant to sidewall flashing where pan flashing tabs will overlap.

Cut and fold pan flashing to fold up the back of the chimney and over the sidewall trim. When installing a chimney for a wood stove on a metal roof you ll first need to assess the position. Run a full 36 in wide strip across the top of the chimney. Place corner pieces where panels will meet bends at the edge of the roofing.

Drill a small hole in this spot to mark the chimney s center. Trace the outline of the base of the rubber boot onto the metal roof with a pencil. Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart down the entire piece of metal. Pan flashing should extend at least 12 inches up the roof plane.

Take your first sheet of metal and place it on the roof so that it overhangs the edge at least 3 4 in 1 9 cm. Onto the back of the chimney. Secure a shingle over the corner flashing using a hammer and roofing nail. Trim the flashing in the center of the rubber boot with a roofing knife so it fits snugly around the pipe.

Use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging. Using a compass draw out the chimney s diameter. Hammer 2 roofing nails into the flashing and roof. A do it yourself video detailing step by step how to flash a chimney with our metal roofing chimney kit.