How To Cut Metal Roofing Sheets

Use your nondominant hand to hold the side of the metal.

How to cut metal roofing sheets.

Want to cut iron lengthwise. Always have the snips blades perpendicular to the metal sheet you are cutting. Another efficient way to cut corrugated metal sheets is by using electric shears. Sick of paying for expensive and smelly cutting disks.

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. Here s a better way. Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut. It doesn t matter where the handles point it matters that the blades are perpendicular to the cut otherwise the metal will catch in the blades and you ll damage the metal and maybe your snips too.

Cut only one sheet at a time and position the exposed side of the tin down to prevent damaging the finish. We prefer double cut shears instead of single cut shears. This will not only brace it to keep it in place but you ll be able to pull it up as you cut. The double cut design leaves clean and smooth edges on both sides unlike the single cut shear and doesn t leave too much waste.

The metal must feed straight in and the blades must cut straight down. Do not force the blade through the tin or you may cause damage. Use tin snips or shears to cut lengths by hand. The ideal tool to perfectly cut corrugated metal is power shears.

The metal sheets used to form the roof need to be cut to fit your roof before you can install them but fortunately this is easy to do with a few different tools. You could also use a circular saw to cut lots of sheets more quickly and a nibbler to create rounded cuts. Wipe the cut sheets.