Metal Roof Gable Ends

Each trim features ends on the flashing that help match the lines of your other attached trim.

Metal roof gable ends.

Gable rake trim installation subscribe to our page for more metal roofing videos. Gable trim finishes off your roof panels at the edge of your roof. Fold the side in first then fold the top down and close off this hole. Striations and bends on the flashing provide strength and match the lines of your other edge trims.

Gable trim designed to finish off the edge of the roof gable or rake. Here at 1st coast metal roofing supply we value our customer service and p. Gable trim 10 long length 26 gauge metal installs at the rake end of the roof matches the color of the panel use with tacky tape. Using your snips remove both hems and the drip edge of gable at 3 mark.

Use a screwdriver to pry open both hems at 3 mark. When used with sealant this gable trim provides a watertight seal to your roof. Slightly pry open hems of the adjacent gable trim this. When you are overlapping a metal ridge cap apply silicone sealant 2 inches from the inside overlap.

How to overlap gable trim your gable trim should be overlapped 3 inches mark both gable trim hems 3 at the edge. The gable trim combined with sealant provides a watertight seal for your roof system. Overlap the ridge cap six inches. Don t leave the cut edge of the ridge cap exposed.

How many do i need. Cut the last piece of ridge cap to fit while accounting for the six inch overlap and 1 required to prepare the ridge cap end. However if the roof also contains hips and valleys it should either be shingled or roofed with metal shingles or standing seam to help prevent roof leaks. Learn how to overlap gable trim on a metal roof.

Step by step gable and rake trim installation instructions that specifically cover how to overlapping gable. I ll make a mark in line with the face and the back of the fascia to create my bend lines. For the corner detail at the eave mark the gable trim and then make a series of simple folds so that when you look at the corner of the roof it is clean and boxed in. Add up the total amount of gable of the roof and divide by 9 5.

It is designed for maximum effectiveness and aesthetics.