Installing Metal Roofing On A Dormer

Metal roofing is also available in the form 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. Drip edge goes on before the roofing panels and the metal. 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. Today metal roofing is on the rise again.

Remove the old roofing. The space under sections c and d is alternately called a dormer doghouse or reverse gable. 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.

Work at a comfortable steady pace trying not to rip up or carry off too much old roofing at once. Install metal flashing at every dormer roof to main roof connection. The top joinery of both valleys when they meet on the same plane of roof is shown here. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof.

I have my valley custom made with water trough to help with leaking b. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i. Roofers install these dormers as they install the rest of the roof.

If the eyebrow curves dramatically this is best done with thinner more flexible traditional shingles over laminate shingles. 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. When the shingle row gets to the dormer they keep going and maintain the regular straight row of shingles. Install the lower roofing panels then the gambrel flashing then the upper roofing panels.