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Course Outline
Day 1
Understanding Metal Roofing
- History
- Materials
- Metallic coatings and metallurgy
- Profiling and roll forming
- Profile types
- Hydrokinetic or hydrostatic?
- Principles of joining and sealing
- Sealant performance
- Why do metal roofs leak?
- Basic terms and definitions
- Principles of thermal response
- Panel attachment and fixity
- Curving options
- Slope considerations
- Common sense roof design
- Wind and its effects, and testing
- Paint types and coatings
- Warranties
Rob's Rules of Metal Roofing
- Dual fixity
- Penetrations
- Roof details
- Drainage
- Sealants
- Repairs
- Metallurgy
Day 2
Low Slope Hydrostatic Details
- Fastener and sealant critical areas
- Eave
- End lap
- Ridge
- Expansion joint
- Perimeter flashings
- Panel clips
- Flashings
- Troubleshooting
Steep Slope Hydrokinetic Details
- Substrate suitability
- Panel symmetry
- Underlayments
- Eave details
- Ridge details, hip and headwalls
- Panel fixity
- Valleys
- Rakes and other details
- Soft metals
- Oil canning, and what to do about it
Materials and Installation
- Re-roofing with metal
- Snow retention devices
- Integration with solar PV
- Unities metal roof products