Can anyone recommend a book on installing different kinds of metal roofing? I’ve never done any and it is getting more popular. I was just in Vermont this past week and about every other roof seems to be some kind of metal. Thanks.
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get to bed!!!
I'm just now getting diner. Still gotta pack. I don't guess there's internet at the house is there.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
no, but if you have a laptop with wifi, you can pick up the internet.
Yo fingers,
These folks sent me an installation video prior to me ordering any of their product. It missed a few details but nothing that I didn't easily figure out.
http://www.decra.com/
Pedro the Mule - A mule on the roof, don't that beat all
I started installing metal roofing several years ago with very little experience and have since done a dozen roofs. Like many other building skills 99% of it is quite easy, but the devil is in the details.
Flashing skylights and chimneys, the intersection of cap flashing on hipped roofs, valleys on shed dormers are all quite complicated the first time - and vary depending on the type of roofing being used.
Most manufacturers provide standard details, but usually they don't cover more than the most common eave, cap or gable situations. For someone like myself - and presumably you - who don't have the experience to handle these as they come up, it is best to do a lot of planning before you begin so that you have identified the tricky areas and know how you are going to approach them. Unlike shingles where you can take a couple of stabs at it, metal roofing relies on the correct sequencing of pieces and lapping at joints. Mistakes can be costly.
All these cautions aside, even a first timer can install a very good looking and well finished metal roof, and the work itself is a lot less repetitive and hard than shingling.
To actually address your question :) I used an article in FHB s the basis for my knowledge and built on it with a series of details culled from manufacturers and visiting roofs under construction. I don't know of any standard reference books.
If you care to join the NRCA they have a very nice manual available.
John Svenson, builder, remodeler, NE Ohio
Here is a site with links to many manufacturers installation guides:
http://www.bestbuymetals.com/how-to-install-metal-roofing.html
Edited 7/24/2009 12:32 pm ET by fingersandtoes
Thanks everyone. Some good things to think about here.