How To Cut Metal Roofing Sheets

Use tin snips or shears to cut lengths by hand.

How to cut metal roofing sheets.

Do not force the blade through the tin or you may cause damage. Hold the snips loose in your hand and place the two blades around the edge that you d like to cut. Use your nondominant hand to hold the side of the metal. Hold the side of the metal sheet and put your snips around the edge.

This is true of off set snips as well. Cut only one sheet at a time and position the exposed side of the tin down to prevent damaging the finish. This will not only brace it to keep it in place but you ll be able to pull it up as you cut. Wipe the cut sheets.

The double cut design leaves clean and smooth edges on both sides unlike the single cut shear and doesn t leave too much waste. The ideal tool to perfectly cut corrugated metal is power shears. Want to cut iron lengthwise. Sick of paying for expensive and smelly cutting disks.

The metal sheets used to form the roof need to be cut to fit your roof before you can install them but fortunately this is easy to do with a few different tools. Always have the snips blades perpendicular to the metal sheet you are cutting. It doesn t matter where the handles point it matters that the blades are perpendicular to the cut otherwise the metal will catch in the blades and you ll damage the metal and maybe your snips too. The metal must feed straight in and the blades must cut straight down.

You could also use a circular saw to cut lots of sheets more quickly and a nibbler to create rounded cuts. Once you are satisfied with your measurements and alignment start cutting the metal. Make sure that they perfectly align with your measurements and remember that being even a tiny bit off can cause irreparable damage to your corrugated sheeting.