How To Put A Metal Roof On A Deck

Those measurements minus the thickness of the purlins will give you the widths of the spacer blocks.

How to put a metal roof on a deck.

Take your first sheet of metal and place it on the roof so that it overhangs the edge at least 3 4 in 1 9 cm. Screw the steel hex washer head screws into the tops of corrugated waves of tin roofing material to prevent leaking through screw holes at the bottoms of the waves when rain runs down the roof. Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge. Check local building code to see if you can attach a patio roof directly to your deck.

The posts should stack directly above a support post below and not within the span of a beam. This significantly sloped deck roof allows for proper drainage of rain and snow as opposed to a flat roof. The frame is metal and the sunshade is moveable. Be sure the larger edge is laid so that the small edge of the next panel will overlap it.

Let the epoxy set leaving it overnight will assure that it is rock solid and then add the anchor bolt anchor washer and nut and tighten. Be sure that the deck floor frame is at least as thick as the entire cross section of the post above and below. Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart down the entire piece of metal. Blow out the dust fill the hole with epoxy and insert the rod to the required depth.

A gable roof also blends in well with many types of. Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel. This is part 1 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. Extremely happy with this purchase.

Building on an existing deck. Attach 3 by 3 foot sheets of tin to each section of the frame using 1 inch steel hex washer head screws and a cordless drill. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. The most common type of deck roof the gable roof forms a triangular shape projects along a ridge down the center of the deck and overhangs the enclosed space.

Cut the spacer blocks and screw them to the bottom of the joists at the marks. If the posts supporting the roofs are placed directly on the deck structure below there are a few considerations to make. We put it together in an hour really easy. Hardware and tools are included for assembly.

Measure down from the deck joists to the string at the other purlin locations. In this video i cover measuring the roof figuring the metal th.