How to put a metal roof on a cordwood building
Installing a low-slope standing seam roof with high-temp underlayment on a cordwood building requires figuring out proper truss construction without creating ridge weak points or outward wall pressure. Because doing this for the first time without professional help is difficult, DIY builders struggle to find the right materials and installation procedure for structures lacking existing fascia boards.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1building a carport style structure over or integrated into the existing structure
- 2using flat roofing materials that are easy to install
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My issue is that I have never done something quite like this and I'm too poor to hire someone who has.”source ↗
“I'm picturing building trusses around the existing roof, but I also feel like that creates a huge weak point at the ridge? Or outward pressure on the run walls? Maybe I'm just over thinking things, but does anyone have any thoughts?”source ↗
“looking for recommendations on correct roof installation on this structure. it’s a cordwood building. the roof is low slope 1 /12 should be standing seam with high temp underlayment?”source ↗
Where this came up
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