Replacing A Edm Roof With Metal

Use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging.

Replacing a edm roof with metal.

A roof is an essential part of your home and provides a vital function of keeping you dry and protected from the elements and replacing it can be a significant cost. In this video i cover measuring the roof figuring the metal th. This involves removing the old metal roof and replacing it with a new metal one. Metal roofs generally can run from 120 to 900 per 100 square feet one 10 foot by 10 foot area or a square of material while asphalt shingles will be between 100 and 200 per 100 square.

You might be wondering how much roof replacement costs. Should have used strips of plywood ripped to 3 5 in this case as a nailer for the egde metal. The average roof lasts about 20 years before replacement should be considered. If you are replacing your current roof add 125 to 500 per roofing square for old roof removal.

If there are gutters installed on the eaves the eave flashing should be installed to overhang the lip of the gutter by about 1 2 inch. Epdm roofs can be installed correctly with seam tape and last along time whether a ballast system fully adhered or mechanically fastened however on a mechanically fastened system reinforced epdm should always be used. The removal itself could cost anywhere from 3 to 5 per square foot. Replacing shingles with metal roofing is not necessarily difficult but it will require labor and time.

This is the most expensive option and is generally only done in cases where it is not feasible or desirable to recover the existing metal roof. This is part 1 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. If you need to repair structural damage not just seal a roof eternabond seam tape is the product for you. Household roof coatings will seal a metal roof just fine but the best product by far for metal roofs is kool seal.

The advantage is that the building owner can start fresh with a new roof. When calculating roofing costs per square asphalt shingles run from 350 and 500 per square metal or tin roofs costs 600 to 1 200 per square and concrete or clay costs between 1 200 and 1 800 per square.