How To Fix Roofing Sheets

As with all of the fixing screws provided you can use a colour cap to hide the stainless steel head.

How to fix roofing sheets.

Use special roofing fasteners rather than standard screws to secure the corrugated sheets as they have a waterproof seal underneath the head that prevents leaks. If fixing screws are left in the valleys your roof will leak in hundreds of places. Most roofing sheets cover a width anywhere from 2ft to 3 5ft and. The bottom end of the sheets you can fix in each trough to help prevent wind uplift of the sheets.

Fixing the corrugated roof sheets. Use a piece of similar style corrugated roofing to patch holes. When joining panels you should use silicone sealant along their vertical length and overlap the sheets by one corrugation. Cladco offer a range of fixings available to fix into most purlin materials.

You will have to paint the roof but is cheaper than buying new roofing. Obtain some roofing mesh and cut out 2 identical square patches. Once you have your timber roof structure in place complete with waterproof membrane it s time to fix your corrugated roof sheets. Cut the piece large enough to cover the hole and 6 inches of the surrounding roofing each way using sheet metal cutters.

Stitch screws are smaller secondary fasteners and should be used for sheet side laps and the securing of flashings and ancillary components to the sheeting. What was previously a valley in the corrugations will now be a ridge and the nail hole will be in the correct place. Apply the cement carefully with a putty knife until you ve sealed the hole completely. For corrugated sheets the fixings required will depend on the material used in the purlins.

You will need a number of corrugated sheets to complete your roof the number depending on how big your hut is. Remove roofing and turn each sheet over. We recommend that stitch screws should be run every 300mm to 600mm along any metal joins. Stitch screws are used for metal on metal fastening and do not require anchoring to a purlin.

Corrugated roofing sheets should be installed into the corrugated sheets crown using a 65mm tek screw with baz washer. Press one patch over the roofing cement. The general advice for fixing is 4 5 screws across the sheets purlin we advise using 1 screw on the overlap of the next sheet. At the eaves purlin additional fixing is necessary to prevent wind uplift and downslope slippage due to repeated thermal movement.

To fix the sheets each tileform sheet has 5 troughs for securing we recommend you fix the sheet into trough 1 3 and 5.