Installing Metal Roofing On A Dormer

When the shingle row gets to the dormer they keep going and maintain the regular straight row of shingles.

Installing metal roofing on a dormer.

And while it commands a premium the components are expensive as is the skilled labor for installation a metal roof can boost a home s resale value by up to 6 percent in some areas. Work at a comfortable steady pace trying not to rip up or carry off too much old roofing at once. Install the lower roofing panels then the gambrel flashing then the upper roofing panels. Place this in the valley on each side of a gable roof one edge laid on the gable roof with the other side nailed flat on the.

The space under sections c and d is alternately called a dormer doghouse or reverse gable. Today metal roofing is on the rise again. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. Remove the old roofing.

I have my valley custom made with water trough to help with leaking b. Drip edge goes on before the roofing panels and the metal. The top joinery of both valleys when they meet on the same plane of roof is shown here. Its popularity has nearly quadrupled in the last 20 years.

This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i. We have our pitch change trim installed with an offset cleat on top of it and we ve made sure to use tape seal in between the cleat and the transition trim. Work up from the initial row starting at the lower corner in a diagonal pattern staggering the shingles to prevent gaps. Now that i ve finished installing the transition trim we can install an offset cleat so that we can clip our upper panels into it.

A drip edge is installed at the bottom edge of sections f b e i c d and a. Metal roofing is also available in the form of shingles. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof. Although you can install corrugated metal roofing over shingles for the best foundation it is recommended that all the old roofing be removed.