How To Install Metal Roofing Ridge Cap

Center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.

How to install metal roofing ridge cap.

Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps. See the illustration below. 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. How to install ridge cap foam closures on a metal roof for a non vented ridge cap apply butyl tape sealant at to the inside of the chalk line on both sides of the ridge cap.

Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. If the ridge is only 15 20 long repeat step 1 at the opposite end of the ridge. To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines. 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.

This is part 6 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. You use your ridge cap to mark the ribs so that you know where to place the z trims. You cut z trims for the top of your panels.