Making A Standing Seam Roof

An architect s guide to.

Making a standing seam roof.

On site rollforming of the metal coil to form panels appropriately spacing clips on the seam per the manufacturer s requirements fastening the clips down to the roof deck for snap lock systems. Standing seam roofs systems. With standing seam metal there are at least two ways to trim the gables of your roof with many variations. Standing seam roofs are available in several different types with multiple methods of seaming and different.

Lighter colors provide an. Standing seam metal roofs can be crafted in a variety of colors and materials. Roof panels can come either pre formed or site formed. Then it is just a matter of bending the 90 deg first then the 180 hem.

That is the way the building i worked on was done. These seam fasteners might be anywhere from 0 5 inches to 1 5 inches high. Because these fasteners are concealed you only see a smooth continuous ridge extending from top to bottom. You may want to hickey punch the seem to lock them together as that would made the fabrication very simple.

This tool allows the installer to finish the panel at the eave fold under for clipping over a d style drip edge or hemmed into an off set cleat at the ridge end wall 90 degree bend up to create a bread pan fold as a secondary line of defense against wind driven rain and or snow along a sidewall and anywhere else that needs a fold up or fold under. Two basic once include either using a special gable trim or a regular drip edge. It is not hard at all to make your own standing roofing. I prefer using a special trim as it is easier and safer to install.

This is demonstrated by chri. For standing seam it s much more complex and labor intensive and may include. Double lock standing seam metal roofing is specialized enough but making it fit a curved roof surface is even more specialized.