Steel Roof Ridge Cap

The steps above explain steel roofing ridge cap installation for the most common metal roof and cap designs.

Steel roof ridge cap.

Fabral shelterguard ar3 14 in. Get free shipping on qualified ridge cap products or buy online pick up in store today. Click to add item 10 multitone residential ridge cap to the compare list. There needs to be a 2 inch wide opening at the ridge for ventilation.

Standard steel ridge caps are generally very close to 14 inches in overall width giving somewhere around three inches of overlap on each side. Although ridge caps can come as shingles and may have a feature such as the ability to self vent or include a skylight the. The ridge cap used in conjunction with closure strips reliably protects the ridge seam against water infiltration. Asphalt in roof panels.

Ridge cap is a flashing for the top edge of the roof panels. If you have a vented ridge cap it will require a ridge vent such as profilevent. How to install ridge cap vent for a metal roof for a vented ridge cap. There are other types as well such as standing seam and shingle style panels vented ridge cap skylight ridge cap and formed ridge cap.

Metal sales universal ridge 14 in x 126 in steel roof panel ridge caps. The gibraltar ridge cap is made from sturdy 29 gauge galvalume steel. Union corrugating ridge roll 10 in x 120 in steel roof panel ridge cap. Galvalume uses an alloy of 45 zinc 55 aluminum to create an extra durable coating that is ideal for ridge capping a galvalume panel roof.

Click to add item precut pro rib steel panel to the compare list. Made with premium steel 28 gauge limited lifetime paint warranty. Click to add item 10 roof edge to the compare list. Install profilevent to 1 up slope from the edge of the ridge cap.

For pricing and availability. Other metal roofing and ridge cap types. The universal ridge cap is flashing for the top edge of the roof panels. Using 21 1 for our roof steel length this means the top edge of roof steel will now be four inches from the peak ridge.