A hipped roof, 6:12 pitch, has four equal sides, and thus comes to a point. We may want to cover the point with a small metal cap, maybe 15 inches per side at the bottom.
A cap would look good, and would save us the tedium and resolve the hassle of capping the point with shingles. Ridge caps are OK for lineal runs, but to cap a peak requires artistry we don’t have.
How would such a metal cap be seamed? How would it best be attached, with hidden clips or fasteners?
If you can provide a sketch or pics with your reply, it would be appreciated.
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Are you venting the roof with this cap?
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It is actually a cap for a cap. The client would like to vent the roof with pretty much that same detail as seen on that house down along the Maumee somewhere, I think in Perrysburg.
Who was that Toledo architect, again? I forgot. You can see the cap in one of the photos at his website.
Here is a model of the roof, done with the raised and shingled cap. Each side of the boosted cap is about 80 inches, it is raised on sleepers, and has a double-thickness row of Cor-A-Vent strip under.
So, no, the metal piece will not be part of the venting.
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"A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."
Gene Davis 1920-1985
Duket/Porter is the arch.
The house is 8 blocks downriver here in Maumee. I see the cap on garbage day (MIL and her duplex neighbor) chores.
Very nice detail.
Glad you like it.
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Edited 9/10/2009 12:59 am ET by Jeff_Clarke
A cupla ways. Make 4 sides and turn up a lip on each. Then rivet and cap the lip with an inverted Vee cap. Squish that on and rivit it.
Or lap and solder the seams. Just two "pans" of two sides then is needed.
Either way, blind tabs are installed under it to the roof, and then bent up and rivit them to a small hem along the bottom edge.
Sorry, this computer can't do sketch up, hopefully Grant can whip up a sketch.
It's easier than ya think, just use paper and see for your self. Start bending about 1" ears where ya want a joint. Cap the ears with a 2" hunk bent into a vee. crease it over the meeting ears. Whip out the desk top stapler and pretend they are rivs.
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I think it needs a cupola with a nice copper roof.
Might as well make it as expensive as possible?
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I can do that too, just made 2 for Grant.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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How would such a metal cap be seamed?
Depends on the look you want. Standing seam, flat seam, or hip caps are all options.
As Duane noted, the preferred attachment method would be to install same metal strips so the fastener is covered by the cap and then bend the strip tail back up over the bottom of the cap and pop rivet or solder them together.
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Like this - sort of Tin-Woodman-y (this one is a ventilator, as well).
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Edited 9/9/2009 8:33 pm ET by McDesign