Standing Seam Metal Roof Hip Cap

Other flashings include gable trim which runs up the sloped ends of the roof and drip edge or eave trim.

Standing seam metal roof hip cap.

Chimney skylight dormer and other roof detail flashings. Leaks aside wind uplift poses the ultimate threat to the entire system. Other metal panels. The most common flashing for standing seam roofing is the ridge cap which is used at the peak of a roof where two opposing roof slopes join and attaches to the roof with z flashing.

When the ridge cap is secure the roof can be secure. Returning back to our end wall condition place the wew 2 flashing over the closure and screw through the main ribs with number twelve stitch screws. Now that we ve finished preparing the eave end and the ridge cap ends of the hip cap we can install it on top of the z bar using pop rivets. It is side or top mounted with a removable roof for cleaning.

Available in copper lead coated copper freedom gray stainless steel aluminum and steel. Vented and unvented ridge and hip caps. This was a quick overview of the most common standing seam metal roof installation techniques and details. Note the bottom of the hip cap was bent down to give a finished appearance.

Before i do that we need to apply tape seal along the top of the z trim. Its multi flue design allows for installation on larger multi function chimneys. Hip and ridge multi flue custom decorative chimney cap. Our host david mackey discusses techniques used in installing ridge cap using the sl 16 standing seam roofing system from american building components.

Colonial seam continuous standing seam metal roof panel with an integral seam. Once the ridge cap is installed any roofing system from shingles to standing seam slips easily inside of the cap which eliminates the necessity of any exposed fasteners which can cause failure points. Installing the hip cap.