Making A Standing Seam Roof

Standing seam metal roofs can be crafted in a variety of colors and materials.

Making a standing seam roof.

I prefer using a special trim as it is easier and safer to install. Aligning the panels and. Standing seam roofs systems. Two basic once include either using a special gable trim or a regular drip edge.

That is the way the building i worked on was done. Because these fasteners are concealed you only see a smooth continuous ridge extending from top to bottom. Then it is just a matter of bending the 90 deg first then the 180 hem. These seam fasteners might be anywhere from 0 5 inches to 1 5 inches high.

One of the tools used the most frequently during the installation of a standing seam metal roof is the hand bender. This tool allows the installer to finish the panel at the eave fold under for clipping over a d style drip edge or hemmed into an off set cleat at the ridge end wall 90 degree bend up to create a bread pan fold as a secondary line of defense against wind driven rain and or snow along a sidewall and anywhere else that needs a fold up or fold under. Elements of standing seam roofs. This is demonstrated by chri.

An architect s guide to. Standing seam roofs are available in several different types with multiple methods of seaming and different. It is not hard at all to make your own standing roofing. Double lock standing seam metal roofing is specialized enough but making it fit a curved roof surface is even more specialized.

With standing seam metal there are at least two ways to trim the gables of your roof with many variations. Roof panels can come either pre formed or site formed. On site rollforming of the metal coil to form panels appropriately spacing clips on the seam per the manufacturer s requirements fastening the clips down to the roof deck for snap lock systems.