How To Cut Angles On Metal Roofing

Make sure that they perfectly align with your measurements and remember that being even a tiny bit off can cause irreparable damage to your corrugated sheeting.

How to cut angles on metal roofing.

Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel. Step by step instructions step 1 setting up the work. You ll have a steeper part of your roof turning into a lower slope so there s a steeper pitch up top and a lower pitch on the bottom. We re going to do a pitch transition or change.

This type is useful for most cuts you need to make when working with metal roofing. Step 2 measuring. Lay the corrugated roof sheet on a flat sturdy surface that is clutter free and away from. Next is to measure the length and width of how much you need to use on the metal roof using a tape.

Step 3 ready set and. We need to do something where that change happens so the panels can go down and water can come off hit the lower slope and come off the roof. Align the first metal roofing panel so that it overlaps the edging by 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch and is square to the roof. Select yellow or plain tin snips to cut straight lines.

Place the first screw. Pick right handed snips with green handles for cutting clockwise and removing metal to your right. The ideal tool to perfectly cut corrugated metal is power shears.