Tightening Up the Roof

Some History.

When I first worked on this cabin two years ago it was late in the year and there were other priorities such as making a drain above the building. I noticed then that the roofing metal panels were too long which created an airspace under the lower edge at the pitch transition. This meant stepping on this area or just an accumulation of snow would spring the metal, possibly loosening the fasteners and kinking the ribs. Already there were some kinks that had cracked and required patching.

Solution.

I decided to cut off the excess length with a metal cutting blade in my skill saw. This allowed the roofing to lay tight to the sheathing and for fasteners to be added to hold it in place.

There was also a patched panel where a falling limb had punctured the roof. The patching material was meant to be used as an underlayment and was showing its age. Since this may have been the cause of a leak, I replaced the whole panel.

Cutting the excess length off the panels.

This ugly patch may have been the source of a leak so I replaced the whole panel.