Fitting Plastic Corrugated Roof Sheets

These strong yet lightweight roof sheets can be used on porches canopies rooflights cloche.

Fitting plastic corrugated roof sheets.

Corolux pvc sheets are perfect for roofing cladding projects. The installation of plastic roofing is much easier if you drill the holes for the fasteners in advance. Corrugated roof sheets are a popular choice for a small workplace and come in galvanised metal for example steel and plastic pvc. Beginning at the outside edge of your roof place each panel directly onto the purlins that are attached to the roof trusses.

Measure the length you need to cut starting at one end of the corrugated plastic roofing sheet. To install corrugated roofing start by cutting your panels to length with an angle grinder. Ideally you should aim to have the fasteners at the high point of every fourth corrugation. Next pre drill holes on the end and side ridges of the panels spacing the holes 6 to 8 inches apart.

The pre drilled holes should be eight to ten millimeters in diameter and two millimeters wider than the fasteners you are using to allow room for expansion when the roof is exposed to heat. Mark a cut line along the right and left sides and along the middle of the sheet using a.