Roof Hugger Installation Instructions

With the top flange pointing up the roof slope.

Roof hugger installation instructions.

Roof hugger can produce a sub purlin to fit any existing standing seam profile making retrofiting these roofs fast and easy. Check out our install guides for our products at metal sales. Another common installation is a new standing seam panel installed over an existing standing seam roof system. Secure it to the mounting plate by aligning the slotted holes of the fan motor assembly s flange with the two 2 screws installed previously in the sides of the mounting bracket.

Installation of a roof hugger metal over metal retrofit sub framing system is safe and easy to understand. Once aligned push up and gently twist 1 4 to 1 2 inch 0 6 to 1 3 cm so that the flange rests fully on the screws. Initially developed for reroofing existing metal buildings and metal roofing they are also used very effectively with installation over conventional roofing materials in sloped applications. Existing purlins through the existing panel pan.

The 126 page publication includes roof hugger s history retrofit roof design basics testing and applications for roof hugger retrofit sub framing systems. Roof hugger provides the industry s most effective way of doing this with sub purlin systems. The roof hugger system can fit any existing metal panel support any new roof panel and be configured to add insulation and solar energy equipment between the old and new roofs. E 1592 wind uplift testing over roof hugger sub purlins a short video to illustrate the negative pressure testing of a 16 wide x 2 tall vertical rib standing seam roof installed over hugger sub purlins attached to a simulated.

Huggers are intended to be installed. Rib spacings vary from 12 to 30.