Installing a solar tube on a stone-coated metal roof over shake shingles
Installing a solar tube on a stone-coated metal roof that sits on top of old shake shingles makes it difficult to ensure a watertight seal. This uncertainty over complex flashing and leakage risks leaves homeowners hesitant to move forward with lighting dark hallways.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Adding a drip edge to prevent water from shooting past the gutter
- 2Using hangers that screw directly into the metal roof
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Hello, I need advice on installing gutters in a steep barn-style metal shed roof. Im wondering if I need to build out (?) something for the gutters to attach to, or do I use hangers and attach to the roof?”source ↗
“You can use hangers that screw right into the metal roof but with that steep pitch you might want to add a drip edge first so the water doesn't just shoot past the gutter entirely”source ↗
Where this came up
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