Roof Sheet Fixing

The main fixings are used to transfer all the loads acting on the cladding back to the supporting structure and to form a watertight seal.

Roof sheet fixing.

Whether it s a corrugated roof made from bitumen or a flat sheet roof made from plastic our fixings are compatible with many types of roof sheet. Lay sheets in the opposite direction to the prevailing winds. Measure the opening of the section of roof to be shingled cut the plywood to size and nail to roof rafters. Stagger the sheathing in a brick pattern for extra strength.

Up signs indicate the direction of the ridge to lay the sheets correctly. We recommend the use of our self drilling tek screws with 5 16 hexagon heads and 19mm sealing washers for fixing your roof. You ll will find everything from nail fixings to glazing bars jointing strips and edging strips. What was previously a valley in the corrugations will now be a ridge and the nail hole will be in the correct place.

Corrugated roofing sheets should be installed into the corrugated sheets crown using a 65mm tek screw with baz washer. These should be long enough to get a secure fixing into your purlins. Eight foot 1 2 inch thick plywood is standard sheathing material. Roof fixings are required to piece together and add the finishing touches to your roofing project.

If fixing screws are left in the valleys your roof will leak in hundreds of places. After cleaning the debris and reframing the roof lay down a base sheathing. Remove roofing and turn each sheet over. The first raw of fixings at eave is located at 2 5 cm from the edge of the roof support osb or purlin.

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