Prep For Metal Roof

Use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging.

Prep for metal roof.

Metal roofing installation prep if you re looking to replace your current roof metal roofing is a durable low maintenance alternative to asphalt shingles. You can use 1 inch nails for the installation of eave flashing. It should overlap the edge of the gutter if you have them. The eave flashing or edging is just the steel metal strips used to cover the entire perimeter of the roof.

Begin at the far side of the roof. Painted metal roofs come with a baked on factory finish and you can re coat these as well as paint bare metal roofing with acrylic latex paint. In fact i ve been told that thomas jefferson s home monticello still sports its original metal roof. The edging or eave flashing consists of metal strips that are used to cover the perimeter of the roof.

Metal roofs however pre date the contemporary asphalt shingle roof by a couple of hundred years. You can find primers for metal at your local home improvement store. Choose a product designed for use on outdoor metal applications. You can also use oil based alkyd paint but.

These primers are specifically made to inhibit rust from growing on your metal roof. Wait three hours for the metal to dry. You will also need at least a foot of overlap on each panel. You would probably want to get at least 2 3 feet long panels for splicing.

Roll in a vertical motion working backward toward the extension ladder. Apply the metal etching primer to the rusted galvanized metal roof using the roller. Use your 1 1 4 in 3 2 cm nails to secure the flashing to the subroof. You are essentially sealing off the metal roof with this flashing and you need to make sure that is securely fastened.

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. Apply the primer with a roller using a paint brush to access. Splicing 6 inch metal panels while sitting at the ridge of your roof is about as much fun as head butting the curb. Ask an employee for help if you re having trouble finding the kind you need.

The types of metal roofs that are available today and those that were available during the 1800s and early 1900s have changed dramatically. Next you are ready to install the metal roof. Coat the entire metal roof surface with a rust inhibiting primer.