Since there’s another thread or two chronicaling roof installs, I decided to add one I finished last week. I’ve only got one good photo, though. I’ll add more later.
This roof was originally concrete tile, which we salvaged. We used a small boom to strip the roof and load the tile into a trailer. After we stripped the upper roof, masons came in and rebuilt the tops of the chimneys (which I’ve got to fabricate caps for).
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Nice work.
How do you seam the curve cu panells?
Dave
Seaming anvil. The pans start out with a 1 3/8" flange on one side and 1 7/8" on the other. The anvil is two steel blocks (one is about 1 1/4" tall and the other 1" tall) with a handle between them. You place the 1 1/4" anvil against the short flange and beat the tall side over it 90 degrees. Use the seamers or tongs to close the seam. Turn the anvil around to the 1" side and repeat. The pans are curved by lightly crimping the flanges with downspout crimpers. I've got a shrinker, but the crimpers are faster in this application.
green cu.. i'm gonna show this one to my buddy barry.... that is some sweet copper work....Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
greencu,
what a really lovely,reasonably sized home---with some classy materials.
A real lesson for the bigger is better crowd
Yeah, it's a 1920's neighborhood that's just been made an historic district. This roof was delayed for about two months to get approval for the change in materials. I was originally contracted to remove the tile, repair the sheathing, install new underlayment and lathe & furring, reflash and re-install the existing tile. I commented to the owners that I could probably put a cu roof on for about the same price. I ran the numbers and they came out about the same.
Yowza!
As one who has seen your work before, I was anzious waiting for the pic to download to me. Well worth the wait and saving to my architectural photos file so I can sit and drool later..
Excellence is its own reward!
I was wondering if you used a shrinker. Never thought about the downspout crimpers working on that slight curve. I'll bet that takes some practice and getting a feel for the proper amount of crimp and placement.
Agian, nice work.
Dave
very handsome, thanks for posting - -
Oooohwheee! That's so pretty, I'm'a gonna show it to my gf.
SamT
Greencu
my own humble abode dates to the 1920's. when I look around town,most of the houses I most enjoy working on come from that vintage as well.
My town had homes of a wide variety of styles and economic levels built in that time period---partly thanks to some factory owners who encouraged the work force to become homeowners by financing nearby neighborhood developements.
Sadly,a large percentage have been "remuddled"
Unfortuneately my fondness for that vintage is such,that I get a little snarky if I have to work outside of my prefered vintage.(or outside my preferred vintage neighborhoods)
Until about a year ago, I lived in a very similar house to the one I posted. It was nice to look at, but hard to live in. When we bought our last car, our choices were limited by what would fit in the garage. I'm 6'3" and I've got lots of scars on my head from that damn garage. I've always worked on historic homes and have a lot of love for them, but I'm really enjoying my 1950's ranch. It's well built, but old enough that I've got plenty of projects to amuse myself. Half acre lot covered with trees. I'm nearly in heaven.......
Nice work Cu!
When you are finished will you have your crew stand on the peak and pee on the roof to give it the "Statue of Liberty Patina"????
Mr T
Do not try this at home!
I am an Experienced Professional!
Wow, nice work. It looks like the flashing for the narrow swooping section was a lot of fun to do!
Andy
Greencu
I climb down off that A-frame and bow to you, Sir. That is some beautiful work, on a beautiful house.
Where're you located? I wanna come and apprentice with ya....
Dinosaur
'Y-a-tu de la justice dans ce maudit monde?
I'm in beautiful central Kentucky. Come on down, we can teach each other.
The reason I hang around here is to learn. I can do some fancy metal bending and I got some more stuff to show off, but I've learned a tremendous amount of nuts and bolts stuff just browsing the posts. The beauty to me of this forum is the regional differences. Ice barrier membrane was unheard of in this area ten years ago, yet I was aware of it from the magazine. I started using it as soon as I could get my hands on it. Its standard stuff, now, but the point is you guys had been using it for years.