Fixing Corrugated Iron Sheets

Our products are pierce fixed to steel or timber supports.

Fixing corrugated iron sheets. One downside is that the metal sheets have a susceptibility to denting both in installation and during hailstorms. How to install corrugated iron roof sheets. Corrugated sheet roofing material is widely available and easy to use. Cladco offer a range of fixings.

Fixing leaks in a corrugated metal roof starts with locating the source of the leaks. Corrugated metal profiles for walling applications may be valley fixed providing the sealing element is designed and shaped to ensure a seal against the curved valley profile. To maximise watertightness always place roof screws through the crests. When fixing through the sheet directly into a timber purlin a 65mm timber tek screw is recommended.

Corrugated sheets are typically used to span a roofing structure to provide cover or shelter distinguished for their wavy design which gives the sheet rigidity along its length and prevents it from sagging between the supports. Corrugations should run in a straight line between the highest and lowest points and at a right angle to the purlins the intermediate supports. Ensure all purlins are in. For walling you may use either crest or valley fixing.

Metal roofing resists rot is not susceptible to insect damage and is non combustible a boon in fire prone areas. Corrugated sheeting can also be overlapped which often avoids the need for reducing the lengths by cutting. A corrugated metal roof is quieter than pvc when it rains. The bottom end of the sheets you can fix in each trough to help prevent wind uplift of the sheets.

The overlaps ends and sides depends upon the sloop of the roof. To fix the sheets each tileform sheet has 5 troughs for securing we recommend you fix the sheet into trough 1 3 and 5. Fastening sheets to supports. Using sheet metal cutters.

As with all of the fixing screws provided you can use a colour cap to hide the stainless steel head. Crest fixing and side lapping. For corrugated sheets the fixings required will depend on the material used in the purlins. Stramit corrugated roof and wall cladding can be installed with or without fibreglass insulation blanket.

Corrugated sheet roofing. You can place screws through the crests or in the valleys. Corrugated roof sheets. Installation of stramit corrugated roof and wall cladding is a straightforward procedure using the following fixing sequence.

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. To avoid moisture entering laps by water action metal sheets are slightly modified to manage this problem. If practical lay sheets in the opposition direction to the prevailing weather. All profiles are designed for only one rib to be overlapped to ensure the water tightness.