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| PANEL INSTALLATION GUIDE
TOC > BEFORE YOU START >
ROOF PANELS > FLY-IN
How to Install your Roof Panels Pre-nailing your roof panels. It’s very important to pre-nail roof panels before you lift these to the roof. Make certain of your nail spacing, and angle your nails toward the center of the rafter or purlin they will nail into. Study Figure 10b. If you don’t follow these instructions carefully, you will probably miss the rafter or purlin, come out through its side with the nail, and damage your frame. This can turn a beautiful timberframe into a mess! How to get panels up to your roof. The best way to get panels up to your roof is with a crane. It is possible to use pulleys and a rope, but this is time consuming, dangerous, and you could damage your panels. The best way to hook up panels is with panel hooks made especially for this purpose. In addition, you should tie a light rope to one end of your panel so a ground person can control the pitch and orientation of the panel as the crane lifts it into position on your roof (see Figure 19). Important: Caution! Panels can come unhitched and fall from the crane! Falling panels can injure or kill you! People on the ground should stand well away from the panel as it moves overhead!
Figure 19. Fly in your roof panels with a crane and straps |
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