Flashing Sheet Metal Gauge

For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter.

Flashing sheet metal gauge.

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. Metal flashing conditions. The top edge of the base flashing need not be hemmed when covered by a cap flashing. Mine metal gauge from metal thicknesses 0 019 inch correlates to a 26 gauge metal thickness.

November 2017 professional roofing 27. Sheet metal gauge size chart gauge or gage sizes are numbers that indicate the thickness of a piece of sheet metal with a higher number referring to a thinner sheet. 0 027 or 0 032 for seamless gutters and any other thickness for custom gutters. Steel flashing is typically 26 or 28 gauge or about 1 64 in.

However if using b s brown and sharpe gauge conversions 26 gauge only is 0 0159 of an inch thick. Exposed sheet metal edges shall be hemmed and shall not be left raw cut with the exception of field fabricated joints found at corners. With metal flashing roofing or any metal building components the safest strategy is not to mix metals that come in direct contact with one another. Kynar galvalume steel for metal roofing and gutters.

Kynar aluminum for metal roofing. The equivalent thicknesses differ for each gauge size standard which were developed based on the weight of the sheet for a given material. Click here for more. 26 galvanized steel an identical statement is made in the international residential code 2015 edition irc 2015 section r903 2 flashing.

Where flashing is of metal the metal shall be corrosion resistant with a thickness of not less than 0 019 inch 0 483 mm no. 0 7 mm 0 8mm and 1 5 mm. Gauge to thickness chart gauge stainless galvanized sheet steel aluminum fraction inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm 30 0 0125 0 33 0 0157 0 40 0 0120 0 30 0 0100 0 25. Item 124018 model ts433.