Redoing A Tin Roof

The curved out edge should fit over.

Redoing a tin roof.

Sand the entire metal roof surface very lightly with your wire brush or sandpaper. This is our 8 hour all night long edition. To shed water away from the eave most roofers add a metal drip edge right to the roof deck covering it with the membrane. Video shot at an actual tin roof cabin.

Ironically tin roofs are not made out of tin. A current alternative trend in roofs is the use of aluminum. Measure 3 8 inch 1 cm downward from the chalk. Many of us have made reference to an old farm house with a tin roof.

Try to achieve a slightly abraded texturized finish as this helps your new paint bond with the roof finish. Set the drip edge aside. Large rusted out areas require a replacement sheet of metal but for smaller problem areas you can do a. A self adhesive membrane applied along the roof s perimeter from the eaves up.

Occasionally rust will eat right through your tin roof leaving minor cracks or holes. It should reach 3 feet beyond the inside of the wall and cover any valleys to prevent ice dams and wind driven rain from reaching the sheathing. Today metal roofs often consist of an alloy steel with a zinc coating applied to it for protection known as galvanized metal. Place the drip edge horizontally against the edge of the roof to mark a distance.