How do I patch this

[bigtiller]

I had some storm damage on my Morton building. It is the very top piece of tin on the roof I think is called the rain cap. About a 4' piece is loose and needs to be replaced but the Morton crew probably won't get here any time soon because of all the storm damage in the state.

I just need to make it water resistant until they come to fix it without screwing something else up.

I worry about the rain because the interior ceiling is finished off with metal and lots of blown in insulation. Is it worth worrying about? If I do nothing, how bad can it get?

 

[Diggin It]

It's called a Ridge Cap and can be bought at most places that make or sell metal roofing or siding. If it's a specialty color though, it may be hard to match AND they come in different profiles. I'm wondering why it came loose though. They're held on pretty securely by self drilling sheet metal screws. I just can't see one piece in the middle doing that. An end piece maybe.

 

[aczlan]

You could tarp it with a good heavy tarp and tape the tarp down to the roof, or most any good building supply store should be able to get you metal ridge cap which would be enough to keep water out until they can come back to fix it.

Aaron Z

 

[Jstpssng]

I would do what DigginIt suggested and worry about matching the color later.

 

[PILOON]

And when you get a replacement length, simply hammer/mash the damaged section down and lay the new length over the top overlapping adjacent good sections.
Generally the metal roofing supplier can even supply matching paint should color match be problematic.
You will however need to measure the ridge cap as generally they offer different widths.

 

[Cat_Driver]

Cut the damaged area out. Cut the new replacement piece to size. Rivet the new piece to the old piece use some sort of roofing liquid that they use for TV trailers to seal all the gaps and edges to make it waterproof.

 

[bigtiller]

You could tarp it with a good heavy tarp and tape the tarp down to the roof, or most any good building supply store should be able to get you metal ridge cap which would be enough to keep water out until they can come back to fix it.

Aaron Z

I have been thinking blue tarp all along but wondered how to fasten it down so the wind didn't blow it off. Tape never entered my mind AND I have a role of zip tape on the shelf looking at me for several months.

 

[bigtiller]

It's called a Ridge Cap and can be bought at most places that make or sell metal roofing or siding. If it's a specialty color though, it may be hard to match AND they come in different profiles. I'm wondering why it came loose though. They're held on pretty securely by self drilling sheet metal screws. I just can't see one piece in the middle doing that. An end piece maybe.

I got ahold of a local contractor who has put up several storage sheds. He is coming out to look at it and give me an estimate. I have dealt with him before and he seams like an honest person so he will most likely get the job.

In the meantime, my nephew has rented a lift for some tree work. He will stop by monday with it, to put a few screws in it to stop it from flopping in the wind.

There must have been a seam about 10' from the left end because it appears it ripped apart there and the next 4' to the right folded up. But until someone gets up there we'll not know for sure. The building has 14' walls and 4/12 pitch roof, so it's about 22' tall....way to tall for this fat old man to get up there! Plus, the Morton crew sprays the bottom of their tennis shoes with something to make them a little tacky so they don't slide off.

 

[jaxs]

Flex-tape. "It even work's under wooder".

 

[bigtiller]

Here is a pic showing wind speeds in the Iowa hurricane which lasted for about 30 minutes. I was in the center of a zone with 100 mph plus wind speed.

Woops, I didn't know it was so large, sorry.