This is my project that is still not quite done, so please pay no attention to what appears to be unfinished. I tried to explain in fair detail the individual pictures....And I actually posted this on another forum so it may be a repeat to some of you.
As time and weather allowed this fall and winter we've been installing a new 24 ga. standing seam metal roof on my house. Obviously it is a work in progress and is not complete as far as facia, guttering and even trimming and folding the tabs at the panel ends. Springtime is coming soon, by golly !!
My buddy at work ran the panel off on our shops panel machine. The material comes shipped in a huge roll on a flatbed. He set the machine for 18 3/4" panels for the optimum usage of the material. Program the computer for the various lengths and quantities required and push 'start'. My panel lengths varied from 299", 193" and 144", then various lengths coming up the vallys.
I have 4 vallys, 4 skylights, 2 chimneys and 5 gable ends, with 4 ridgecaps to finish, plus the facia and guttering. An man o man, talk about slick !!! You cannot even stand straight up without sliding !!! :o I need magnets for my shoes, I think.
I got the first section of ridgecap just a tad off center, but it can only be seen from an airplane...unless you are crazy enough to risk a fall to get up to this level to see my mistakes. See the messey looking caulk, that is the eurthane seal from under the panels and will dry up and blow away eventually, I am messy.
This is a close up of how the panels slide up under the three piece ridgecap. While forming the three pieces of ridgecap in ten foot lengths, my buddy shoots some eurthane based caulk in the bottom bend that the panel slides into making a 1 1/2" watertight seal. This caulk maintains resiliency as long as it is out of the sunlight and is non-penetrable by water. See the perforations in the channel; those are vents for the ridgecap. We cut 3" out of the top of the roof to vent and glued in the fibrous bug/mud-dauber guard on the inside.
This is a sample of one of the finished facias...Pay no attention to the old gutter just a floppin in the wind. Thats just to shed the water temporary until the new ones come. We are going for 6" commercial ogee style gutters with 4" downspouts. We put 1" styrofoam under the roof panels so the height difference would make some of the water in a downpour over shoot the standard 4" gutters.
Again, trim not yet finished. :oops:
One of the valleys. Each side has a cleat with a 3" gasketed underbelly that the ends of the panels (hand bent during install) hook under by 3/4". No wind or rain penetration. I gotta add that two friends from work got us started, showing us how to lay out squarely from the roof edges, exactly how to notch and fold the panel ends and how the flashing works. Great help from my son and son-in-law have also made it possible to do this job. My daughters even got into the picture on this one. The cost would have been outta the park to pay the commercial rates for the project. I am very fortunate to have had the help!!! Tabs not bent, trimmed and sealed yet....
Heres a sample of the vally and the gasketed cleat that holds the panel ends down. The cleat is 22 gage, screwed in every 6" with 2 1/2" flatheads.
Some scraps to show the interlocking joint with no screws exposed.
Some of the roll seal tape under the cleats.
Scraps to show how the interlock pops together.
Roofing goes down ridiculouly fast 25' at a time !!! Its a shame it is so slick though. It makes even this 5-12 pitch unwalkable !! Sure shows waterspots up close, but from the ground are imperceptible. No more shingles to worry about and no more leaks. This material has a 30 year fade guarantee, guaranteed up to 140 mph winds, and not to dent up to 2 1/2" hail. Rain is not even heard inside the house due to the 1" syrofoam under the panels, barely a muffled sound if any. The only bad thing, is now MrsMassey says the roof makes the siding look so bad....guess what !!!!! Yessir, new project in the spring....new siding :o :shock: :? Seems like play time with the rusty old stuff will be on hold AGAIN !!! Good thing shes a great cook..... :lol:
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