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How to cut metal roofing to fit valleys.
It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool.
The metal sheets used to form the roof need to be cut to fit your roof before you can install them but fortunately this is easy to do with a few different tools.
Just simple 3d animated digital instructions on how to install a valley on a masterrib panel roof.
If you need a new roof metal is a good option for something durable that also looks unique.
Masterrib is a 36 wide 5 r.
Cut metal with your circular saw.
Use tin snips or shears to cut lengths by hand.
Avoid using anything that will melt the galvalume coating such as a chop saw torch or abrasive blade.
Probably it s also the cheapest way for cutting corrugated tin roofing.
In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter.
There are many types of snips available on the market designed either for straight or curved cuts.
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Tin roofs are lightweight and soft by nature this is why cutting them manually with snips is a good option.
You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.
So cutting these panels should be done with minimal risk of damaging them which leads us to the step by step cutting technique.
Corrugated metal roof panels.
When cutting your metal roofing to fit valleys it s important to use the proper tools.
Snips are ideal for cutting any type of corrugated roofing especially for cutting softer metal like tin sheets.
Hot metal chips will fly.
This is due to the galvanized zinc coating on the panels which can leave the area open to rusting if scratched.
Soup to nuts riley shows the proper way of installing a valley on a roof.
Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade.