Short Guide to Standing Seam Metal Roofing Profiles
July 9, 2021 by Heritage Roofing
Standing seam metal roofing is best known for its durability and being the gold standard in metal roofing projects. If you’re thinking of installing a standing seam metal roofing for your home, it’s best to learn more about them. Residential roofing contractor Heritage Roofing discusses a short guide to standing metal roofing profiles.
Standing Seam Metal Roofing
The standing seam metal roofing is popular with roofers and homeowners because of its quality and cost-effectiveness. It’s a low-maintenance concealed fastener roofing system that features trapezoidal legs with flat space in between. The concealed fastener is designed to protect your roof against harmful elements. It has panels that are attached to the roof deck with clamps to avoid holes from nails.
Standing Seam Metal Roof Profiles
- Snap-lock Profile
The snap-lock profile is known to be the most simple. It’s fairly easy to install compared to other profiles because it does not need any special tools to join the seams. It simply has a roll-formed with one male attachment on one edge and a female attachment on the opposite edge. Suggesting its name, the panels are attached to the roof deck by a separate snap-lock clip. For proper roofing and decking services, make sure to hire a trusted contractor.
- Mechanical Lock Profile
Meanwhile, mechanical lock panels used a mechanical lock clip to secure the male edge to the roof. To fasten the roof deck, mechanical locks come in two different styles. There are 90-degree seams or single locks that means there is only a fold in the metal seam. Then there are 180-degree seams or double locks that means the metal seam is folded twice. The mechanical lock profile requires expansion clips to accommodate the metal’s natural expansion and contraction.
- Batten Panel Profile
The batten panel profile is designed to look like a batten roof style. They are referred to as the traditional profiles. Its metal panels come together at a fixed point where they are fastened and seamed together. This profile does not have male or female edges. Instead, both panels have perpendicular legs that are fastened with a clip together.
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