Standing Seam Ridge Detail

Craig Hardin shows a ridge detail that involves double locking the metal. This is a traditional technique that ensures water tightness.
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[@jeffreyallen3777]

This is actually a nice job double locking a ridge seam.It's a lot harder than it looks, and and it's not done much any more,I think because painted or mill finish steel does not have the malleability of traditional standing seamraw metals like copper, zinc,lead.I would say 26 gauge steel is the linit for this kind of detailing as the next jump to 24 gauge would make it almost impossible to do with these methods.I understand the comments concerning the distressing of the metal , but traditionally it was atrade off between a texbook cosmetic appearance and an essentially weather and windproof ridge lock(no ridge cap could ever hope to be as tight as this).Part of the"beauty is in the effectiveness of the seal and this applicator deserves a lot of credit because what he did is about as good as it gets with a steel medium. If you relly want to see roofs with cosmetic imperfections take a good look at soldered copper panels on a large application sometime,oil caning all over the place, but still so beautiful.We do mostly vented ridges now , but we used to do a lot of single lock ridges(1 1/2 standup,same amount bent over the top and sqweezed into a seam) whitch are a lot easier and I would say more common, but leave an exposed edge, but still a very tight ridge.I understand all the comments but people want different methods for different reasons so why not give praise for what is a well done application.

[@richardmckuhen6661]

There are several methods to do any detail on roofing installations. What Craig is doing is old time metal forming. Somethiing you don't see much of anymore in our world of mass production, and subbing work out to guys getting paid by the square. Yes there are easier ways to do this, but I like your work Craig. This is how it's done in Europe, where it all started.

[@martiz777]

Richard McKuhen im working that way in Norway at the moment. I can say they did realy good job 👍

[@drapssss48]

In Slovakia, this is old too… there is no time for things like this. But old roofs are like that. Hard to imagine, how hard work it must be.

[@janverschure9862]

Greate work John.

[@TripAMD]

This is actually pretty cool👍

[@eastside0434]

Lots of work and also impressive

[@robviolin1]

Fantastic job 👍👍👍

[@hankclingingsmith8707]

LOVE IT. METAL ROOF ARE NICE LOOKING.WATER TIGHT IF DONE CORRECTLY.

[@ProcopiosFishingAdventuresUAE]

Great video.. i’ve learned how it is. thanks

[@RAISEALITTLEHELL]

Have you ever experienced paint chipping when seaming ridges? And would the accu seamer work for seaming a hip or ridge?

[@krishna-te3or]

Awesome job

[@Lioneldevors]

Great job

[@robviolin1]

Great job 👍

[@javiermezquital7185]

Nice work I always wondered how that gets done!

[@user-qj3dg3pf4m]

Увидев этот ролик я ещё раз убедился в том что мы намного аккуратнее делаем эту работу.

[@beardedroofer]

Do you do hips the same way? I've done dbl lock peaks but was taught to cut the seam at the peak, making excess metal part of the peak lock.

[@NUMENOREAN91]

What's the large clamping bender used on ridge?

[@giovannifiorentino8947]

Craig, Great detailed video. What boots you're wearing?

[@Joseywales414]

Yeh like Spider-Man , no fear either.

[@clothesclothes777]

rocking the all stubai kit nice

[@wv02m]

nice job

[@pianobar7801]

That is the best to make a roof. 👍

[@rahurahoo]

how is the opening of seaming done(not to traditional technique), when peb building is relocated? will the sheet become absolute while opening due to post-opening leakage? also, pl provide a video if possible. Rahul, Tx from India

[@katayamagaisou]

いい仕事ですね👍👍👍

[@ThanksStJoseph]

Is that standard aluminum coil stock?

[@joepodgurski8182]

I need to know the name of the panel folder you are using? The blue and yellow one,,, please?

[@joeshulman2501]

Any rake detail video's?

[@marconajera8493]

Could you recommend me a whole kit to be able to do my first roof “European method” like this!???? Super tight 😮😮

[@kylereichstein7578]

This is an incredible set of skills. I’m wondering how ventilation is achieved on such a roof? Specifically in a Canadian climate where we have extremely hot temperatures and frigid cold. Could you share?

[@hhazelhoff1363]

It’s probably a closed cell foam filled roof.they require no ventilation

[@MrJeremyDugginsMusic]

What gauge metal are you using?

[@abbashusseindusst4635]

Bravo

[@B-275]

Hi. What is the name of blue-yellow frame for standing seam? Thanks

[@appleseedcarpentry5866]

@W TF? got a link?

[@gamersimple507]

What gauge steel was that roof and what type of metal? Was it painted? What is the warranty? Were panels made onsite or fabricated by manufacturer? Thanks!

[@thegeneral3094]

My good fellow I'm not telling you anything

[@ArcticFlies56]

How do you vent the room with no ridge vent?

[@quebec801]

Maximum

[@mrOsas-fh1pc]

Самая надежная кровля на замках,только мало мастеров осталось кто делает качественно...

[@JesusFreakJene]

Can you guys recommend a metal roofing company out of Tucson, please? ty

[@toddfeldman7661]

Kovach is in Phoenix

[@oyithgarciaramos2138]

Yes nice

[@duckymans7604]

Do you moonlight as a butcher?

[@scuxxba]

What gauge metal?

[@user-gu7vn4ic6l]

Толковые ребята!

[@dnahulvey]

No I just use the standard trims provided for ridge cap! You can’t vent a closed ridge like that either

[@henriqueusinagem8615]

Is tecnil nylon ?

[@hilux0094]

Never come apart, but man it’ll never expand and contract properly either, lol. Still id take that over asphalt shingles any day of the week. Pretty cool technique.

[@NUMENOREAN91]

I think the roof kinda floats since it all clipped on.

[@Fathervinyard]

fixed clips and sliding clips take care of that

[@enormousdoorslamming]

Wow you really beat the piss out of that seam

[@Joseywales414]

Old school way bud.

[@nc3826]

Metalworking ----- the process of shaping and reshaping metals to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, or large scale structures....ie beating the piss metal....

[@robviolin1]

Bravo 👏

[@davidburton4773]

Interesting..

[@stortztools]

26 gauge painted steel made on site from a pan former.

[@Joseywales414]

I wish I could get this type of roof done on my house but there’s not many company’s that do mechanical standing seam roofing in my area . There’s company’s that do snap lock , corrugated and the nail or screw type but not a mechanical genuine standing Seam not alone old school workmanship.

[@duhwalt4596]

How is this roof being vented? BTW, a friend of mine used to have an Auto Body Shop and his slogan was "You Bend'em We Mend'em"

[@jdubsvr6]

Type of insulation used will determine if the roof cavity needs to be vented. Closed-cell spray foam does not require roof ventilation for example.

[@guillermocaballero1892]

Muy machaco ese sistema de sellado, tanta tegnologia y a punta de porra😁

[@coachdsimpson]

cold blooded with it.

[@PRO-nm7gp]

Это анонизм товарищи.... Отец так крыши крыл лет 50назад .... Сейчас есть нормальные материалы....

[@potatosalad5355]

Hey buddy use the Google Translate to do comment...

[@alensabovic2221]

👍Bravo

[@abdulahbadrul5586]

Bagus

[@peterputnam3804]

How do you deal with the expansion when the metal heats up if it has no room to move. We cannot do it that way in New England with all our temp variations from hot to cold..

[@Aovic]

it is actually very very minimal. wont affect in any way. and i live in Finland. weather here,,winter -30 / summer +30 (degrees celcius).

[@pby1000]

Kurtis Hord Man, you have an awesome website. You can do that work? Pretty incredible.

[@quebec801]

Lol u dont know shit

[@nc3826]

How do you deal with the expansion of any standing seam metal roof?

[@moebandy8274]

What’s wrong with a pre bent ridge cap & how are you venting the attic

[@codywit8491]

Lawrence Degroot they are briandead

[@roofking2314]

Probably Gable vents goof

[@garykish259]

GLAD I NEVR GOT INTO METAL ROOFING...WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS !!!!!

[@vincentcummings5508]

lol! ya even if you like doing it

[@AdayintheLifeofsmith]

Yo Vincent

[@vincentcummings5508]

hey fellow metalsmith!

[@toddfeldman7661]

I've done that with zinc but never steel. Hate that detail it's a pain

[@mfblowfish4671]

This is a stupid way to make a ridge. 1. it offers zero venting. 2. looks like shit 3. more labor intensive than Z bar and ridge caps.

[@gallardo360]

how come the ridges do not line up from side to side ? 🤔

[@sanderoja4250]

Because the seam would be thick and harder to hammer

[@tago4105]

Porque doblar a golpe, cuando puede usar una dobladora manual.

[@codywit8491]

And ridge caps?

[@Stay_active100]

It don't get ridge cap ...it's sealed tighter than ducks hat band lmao

[@Aovic]

when you bend that ridge up you need to tighten the seam because where the seam bends it will crack (as you can see i is very sharp. just hammer the shit out if it before you lift the ridge all the way up. my english isnt that good because im a Finnish dude. hire me😂

[@robertunversaw]

100% chance he cracked the seam.

[@nc3826]

Thank you for the excuse for doing it the lazy ass crappy way.... Metalworking ----- the process of shaping and reshaping metals to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, or large scale structures....i.e beating the piss, out of metal....

[@jamor2549]

Just use FlexSeal

[@JohnEngels1]

I get the creeps watching them so near the edge

[@mariogatica2363]

Oil Canning already appearing

[@tatynasokolova6229]

Металл поди 0.3. Глянуть бы как они 0.5так формовали

[@cottonnelson7860]

Strait hack

[@maximilianoramos9268]

I live in New Jersey but I never see that before we are doing different not like that

[@cottonnelson7860]

They fucked up the ridge lol

[@nc3826]

New Jersey way is to drop the body and leave ASAP....

[@user-lc2tl9bn6x]

Не грамотно уложены последние рядовые картины 1 ряд отличается по ширине оь противоположного по нашему это халтура

[@lancekuykendall3017]

This is CUTE for a barn. But not my house. Cap allows vent, especially for hips. Been installing standing seam for 12 yrs, gotta say, some people are more worried about opposite side panels lining up than actual correct function roofs. But hey, to each their own

[@nc3826]

14 yrs of doing it, the crappy, lazy ass way.... have fun with that...

[@user-hl4bg4le8d]

棟の納まりはハゼにして良い仕事していると思います。勉強に成ります！。屋根の上は怖く無いですか！。

[@steveryan3336]

The ribs dont line up fromm side to side.. i dont like that method at all. Ive installed a few n that looks pretty sloppy.

[@Stay_active100]

Can't but it down ...but I prefer snap lock and the seams get pinched in the end ..no banging and it looks wonderful

[@iangledhill7406]

You can't line up the seams on a welted ridge . Too much thickness!

[@iangledhill7406]

Also you shouldn't bend the seems like that . If they pinch they will crack.

[@Emerson-bp3wq]

You Can save material doing it, but it is too much work.

[@pauldevan7245]

So many hammer marks and dints. My customers complain about using the crimping tool for secondary fold on seam for dint marks ...compared to using power seamer. Why not use zbar cleats and then cap ??

[@SuperBrockolee]

Good luck removing anything from that roof with a double seamed joint !! Lol you must be off you rocker.

[@robertunversaw]

R 2lain you're a rookie then. Buy some tools kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHyznaVvmJeBbLs

[@nc3826]

true, why seal it the right way?

[@efrainmartinez4912]

Time consuming,and no ventilation?

[@beardedroofer]

With double lock peaks, the gable ends are usually vented.

[@nc3826]

yes, It is much too time consuming for lazy roofers

[@efrainmartinez4912]

@@beardedroofer I appreciate the clarification!

[@efrainmartinez4912]

@N C Hey, sorry, didn't mean to be offensive.

[@nc3826]

@Efrain Martinez I said yes.... so who was being, offensive and about what? Have a nice day....

[@jokerbuynakskiy4555]

Газету бы еще постелил, такая толщина метала не годится.

[@artvelazquez4820]

Eso se ve feo....esta mal yrabajado...

[@jaimemoralesrivera7403]

Pues haora cualquiera es rufero y laminero eso se así antes en los 90 yo lo ise porque depende alos uracanes y tornados las casas solo soportan 95 mitad por ora las escuelas 140 miyas por ora por eso cuando comenzaron las láminas así las poníamos en las escuelas y esa.clase de lámina solo se usaba en comercial y todavía la mayoría se usa en comercial porque es más segura para que dure sin que entre agua porque entre menos torniyos se miren menos liqueos.de agua y es la mejor forma de aser un trabajo que no lique agua .ora dondequiera entra el agua de la forma que asen los trabajos.

[@andrewgauthier1696]

I install standing seem and this makes me cringe you you need to use J trip and hook the ridge cap to it and pan the tops of you sheets the same height of the rib it will be water tight and look like a professional job

[@richardwk6757]

My house was built in 46 metal roof and i just had it painted as i was up there checking things out i believe this guy may have hammered my roof seem lol

[@quebec801]

This is the most watertight method

[@geoffreythompson7378]

Ridge cap my man

[@nouseforaname6846]

Those panels look to have some severe oil canning going on from doing that. 😒

[@denty32]

Pack Discipline all standing seam metal roofs will have some sort of canning

[@nc3826]

plus functionally it is far superior

[@andrewwadel92]

I guess that works and all, but where is the attic being vented from? In my opinion ridge cap looks much better and you're not beating the crap out of your new roof. And goes on with much much less effort and time. Each to their own I guess... I prefer doing things the way we do them here in 2020, not the 1830's method.

[@foxwood67]

Old school. Not great in todays world. No venting and on long panel runs this will only Contribute to canning. Still it’s a 100% watertight seam. Try that on some 24g

[@sissymurphy9620]

no ridge vent ,how does the roof breathe

[@sissymurphy9620]

@Kurtis Hord I have roof vents with a fan in one to pull the hot air from the attic in the summer only .Reason I see is roof vents are because of trapped humidity in humid climates mostly .If air is going in from the soffits it needs to escape some where .I don't have a ridge vent on my modular home because it has the 3 roof vents and only one has the attic fan house is 2440 sq. ft .Since fan was installed my electric bill has gone down .The house came with insulation in the attic and more was added after the house was finished .2x6 stud walls and triple pane windows and my electric bill is about 125 dollars a month winter and summer and we like it warm in the house in the winter .koi pond uses part of that electricity, 5000 gallons plus heat pump and well pump

[@SuperBrockolee]

This guys nuts no idea about what’s called the thermal stacking effect. Claims roofs use to last 800 years. Lol

[@robertunversaw]

R 2lain guess how old the Notre Dame roof was dipshit...

[@allaboutlife4950]

Just use ridge cap and vent holy moly beat it no one wants to beat it just beat it.

[@codywit8491]

Hmmmm forgot the foam backing and budle tape

[@SuperBrockolee]

So where’s the ridge vent? You have a super water tight ridge now but now air escaping? If you put in actual roof vents then it’s pointless.🤷‍♂️

[@quebec801]

Stfu you know nothing

[@mikerb2473]

Neither do you.

[@quebec801]

Mike Brewster shut up dummy

[@SuperBrockolee]

@@quebec801 try me ?? Ask me a question sweetheart.. lol I’ve been doing all aspects of sheet metal for the past 18 years. Go on buddy.

[@quebec801]

R 62lean ventilation on a barn lol

[@ukaszszurgot4241]

Kowal nie blacharz

[@larrycrookshanks9091]

Can't imagine that your dirty shoes aren't scuffing the top color finish. Rust to follow. Metal steel roofs last if you protect the top clear coat.

[@Stay_active100]

You want your roofers bare footed or carry an extra pair for your roof ? Lmao good luck with that 😂😂....

[@mfblowfish4671]

Roof steel has multiple layers of protection. Most of it is made with galvalume, steel that has a coating of Zinc then Aluminum. then paint.

[@NINO011674]

Man that doesn't look a professional job

[@jessijennib.s3081]

No safety on

[@lancekuykendall3017]

Hahahahaha are you serious

[@TheDovlawh]

Invalid job..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Takeithome345]

No thanks....z’s and ridge cap...

[@web1187]

looked like 💩

[@jasonkimminau5161]

Looks sloppy

[@user-on2nq2rw7p]

Schrott.

[@SuperBrockolee]

5:19 seconds ( I don’t try to make things easy on my self) No you sure don’t. lol That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen. Doing a double lock seam for the ridge is insane. Spends 2 hours doing that pointless connection with no ventilation at the ridge. Or throw down bug screen and $60 worth of ridge cap.

[@kyledean6659]

YA GOT TO VENT METAL OR IT WILL SWEAT LIKE A BIG DOG SLOBBERING

[@kingofepicvlogs4666]

Kyle Dean- I’ve seen houses 150 years old with the original standing seam metal roofs that were never vented. They’re standing strong and solid as the day they were built. Explain that

[@quebec801]

@@kingofepicvlogs4666 old houses are naturally ventilated

[@danielmaldonado5078]

Too much work for no reason just put a ridge Metal and Call it a day

Good Lord... that is horrid... You have the right tools to crimp the sheets but you mallet them to kindom-come...

@joecee67more like hand abused :p

[@robertunversaw]

@ post a video of your method or someone doing this correctly then...

[@fasteddie8782]

COOL...old school....in Massachusetts...osha would be on your ass...big time...politically correct police...fining YA out of business...

[@daveklein2826]

That looks like CRAP

[@tofug1]

Looks like crap you think lining up the two roof surfaces so the ridges would match is 10. But clearly you don't think that far into the job. As well how is the ridge supposed to breath. Whoever taught was not a skilled informed tradesmen. #FAIL

[@Anabolatant]

Have you ever installed a traditional standing seam roof? The panels should align but you always fold em different directions because otherwise there'd be too much material to be able to fold it. There's no need for ventilation as long as the roof is vented through other means. But stick to installing ugly ass ridge caps.

[@tofug1]

@@Anabolatant im sorry you where poorly trained the roof was crap and that you think it's not says customers have paid for inferior work

[@Vols69]

Why do that?? Run ridge cap and do away with all that gobbled up mess

[@brianharbaugh4844]

Not being rude but what a mess

[@tomlee6684]

This is far from a mess. They are probably one of most skilled metal roofing companies in the country. I get that that there are tool marks and such but they are clearly focusing on recreating the old school standing seam roofs that were being made (and regularly lasted 100yrs) long before zbar, beutyl tape and such ever existed.

[@robertunversaw]

Show us your work. I'll wait...

[@jairsinho77]

Damn!! Simply horrible. 👎🏼

[@garyalexander7674]

Looks crappy. Dents. Ridges dont line up looking down at peak.