Replacing A Edm Roof With Metal

The advantage is that the building owner can start fresh with a new roof.

Replacing a edm roof with metal.

This is part 1 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. 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. 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. If you need to repair structural damage not just seal a roof eternabond seam tape is the product for you.

Replacing shingles with metal roofing is not necessarily difficult but it will require labor and time. Before epdm and tpo metal was the material of choice for rv roofs. However you do have the option of leaving the shingles in place and installing the roofing over them if the roof is in good shape. 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.

In this video i cover measuring the roof figuring the metal th. Household roof coatings will seal a metal roof just fine but the best product by far for metal roofs is kool seal. The removal itself could cost anywhere from 3 to 5 per square foot. Place corner pieces where panels will meet bends at the edge of the roofing.

Use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging. If you are replacing your current roof add 125 to 500 per roofing square for old roof removal. 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. 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 involves removing the old metal roof and replacing it with a new metal one. 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.