Metal Roofing

A Drexel 24ga. 18" Metal panel, clips and bearing plate roof will be installed on The Humble Abode this coming week. Decided for base to include 1/2 lapped 30# U.L felt. Modified Bitumen self adhesive base in valleys , wall flashings and as targets around penetrations. Polyglass Q Polystick MTS underlayment. New torch applied smooth surface over modified base sheet with 1/2 lapped granulated cap torched for low slope roofs. I don't want to have to do this again on The Humble Abode.

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Best laid plans :( After torrential down pour 10 days ago Solar tube leaked. Tore it apart. Had a heavy hand drilling pilot holes for stainless steel rivets. Doesn't leak now. Fixed. B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

It's got to be looking real good by now....

clover83 Said: Lookin good. Why did you stop folding the top of the panels all of a sudden?

Iff ya dont mind shedding some light on a young dumb shingler, whats the story with the metal in the low pitch valley.

Nice flashings!

I use z-closure's as well. I'm doing more metal every year, but trying to make sure I'm doing it better, or as good as anybody else around.

On the low pitch, did you put in a cleat and hem each piece to the lower one? I'd be nervous doing that the first time. Also, I have to worry about ice damming where you don't...

clover83 Said: Lookin good. Why did you stop folding the top of the panels all of a sudden?

Iff ya dont mind shedding some light on a young dumb shingler, whats the story with the metal in the low pitch valley.

The only granulated modified is in the break and low slope flats. I installed high temp over everything touching bottom of metal. Extra material in valleys and under flashing and targets around Solar tubes and penetrations. Also made Galvalume vent stack flashings. B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

We've been advised thru a couple of manufacturers not to use granulated underlayments directly under metal. They suggest that the granules will scratch the underside of the metal as each material moves (expands/contracts) causing it to begin the rust process prematurely.

Typically we just install a Hi-Temp self adhered membrane and forget about it but we are definitely in a different climate than the FL coast.

Rain is the introduction to paradise. Driving 11 hrs is consistent with CDL madness. Get past the introduction and have plans on staying ,then the true nature of GODs country reveals its majesty. The airport is close for long trips. B) :) :) B) Deep Down In Florida Where The Sun Shines Damn Near Every Day

I left my house in Charenton La Fri at 6:30 and drove to mobile next morning we were up and drove to Inglewood to pick up a Kold king rig sat evening and then right back to Louisiana got home Sunday at 8 pm that's a long way down and it rained most of the way down? What's up with rain in Paradise?

You need to scale down the pics to 500 so they fit the page

Lookin good. Why did you stop folding the top of the panels all of a sudden?

Iff ya don't mind shedding some light on a young dumb shingler, what's the story with the metal in the low pitch valley.

West Coast. West of Tampa across the causeway Dunedin St Joseph Sound

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Where in Florida are you? I'm coming down in a few weeks to west palm to do a 30 square standing seam roof and 800 ft of copper gutter. I would worry about the rivets in the valley with expansion and contraction. I like to see clips holding the metal so it can move with thermal changes.