Engineered purlin metal mart offers a complete line of engineered purlin material.
1x4 perlins for metal roof.
Installing wood stripping under a tin roof.
Available in cee or zee shape red oxide primed or galvanized 16 14 or 12 gauge sizes from 4 up to 12 flange widths of 1 1 2 up to 4 cut to your specified lengths hole punching available load tables available for all material.
Tin roofing also known as metal roofing is considered more durable than composition or wood shingles.
Do all roofing projects require purlins.
However the screw placement diagrams commonly are based on the on center spacing center to center of the purlin rather than the gap between purlins to determine the length and spacing of the screws needed to prevent wind blowoff for various design wind speeds so pay close attention to that difference.
There are two ways to do this put in firring nailing though nails are not used any more for this strips or purlins in steel frame construction on the roof to support it or place the metal roofing directly on a flat surface like foam insulation board or the roof sheathing with roof water barrier in the correct position in the layer.
The purpose of the purlins is to provide a solid foundation for the metal roofing panels and trim to be screwed to.
Now if you are strapping the rafters 1x4 pt is usually used set at 2 intervals or closer and you double the first one at the edge of the metal chandler view public profile.
Most you see on homes and many commercial building is non structural metal roofing and needs to be on solid sheathing.
Purlins are non pressure treated 1 x 4 x 12 lumber that is installed on to the roof in a specific layout pattern and screw pattern.