How do you put a ridge cap on laserlight?

[Shannon Nash]

You are not meant to put any weight on laserlight right? I am about to put 13 2.1m sheets on a pergola side by side, just over 9m in length. It is a gable pergola. I will put the sheets on reaching across each sheet as I attach it.

Here's the qu. How do i get to the ridge to put on the capping without putting weight on the laserlight?

Is this a stupid question? Am I missing something?

Help please.
SN

[Tommy]

First install the first sheet each side of the gable.Then fix your barge.Next seal your ridge to your barge.Temporarily fix your ridge at the other end to keep it straight.Then install the rest of your sheets by slipping them under the ridge and screwing of as you go..Hope this helps ..

[Shannon Nash]

Thanks. Makes alot of sense. I have been looking at every gable end I see these days and each seems to have a different arrangement of the capping, flashing and gutter as to which overlaps which etc. Is there a best way of doing this?

Thnaks
SN

[bsrlee]

Sensable question, PITA solution/s.

The 'easiest' and probably more cost effective, is to make sure you have 2 ladders that you can bridge with a plank (or 2). Set up one ladder at the 'start' end, and the other further in, place plank/s between.

Fasten a panel to both sides, then fasten the capping to the 'start' end from the first ladder, go down and up the other ladder and put a screw or two into the capping at the 2/3 point of sheet one, slide sheet 2 into place both sides, s-t-r-e-t-c-h- out and put some more screws into the capping.

You will of course, have to move your ladders & planks to continue to reach up thru the open section. Keep going, slipping more lengths of capping in as needed, and remember not to fasten down the very end of the old capping length until you have the new one slipped into place. Keep going, one pair of sheets at a time until you reach the end.

Tidy up, take ladders etc back to where you borrowed them from, collapse with a few favourite beverages. Take a 'Neurofen' before bed, because your legs & back are going to kill you tomorrow.

You could substitute on of those painter's scaffolding towers on wheels for a couple of sturdy ladders, but it would probably cost more, even if hiring both.

[echnidna]

You'd need over 9 metre planks to do that

[Tommy]

When working out which flashing should be on top or bottom .The best method Ive found is to think about how the water will fall on it .So for example put your barges on before your ridge so that the water will fall over the lapped metal and not inbetween . Hard to explain but I hope it makes sence