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I am looking for a good copper roof contractor in the Chicago land area. referrals will be respected.
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Hang around here for "seeyou" and "sphere", they are down in KY, but may be able to advise for contacts if they can't help. Look around this forums for evidence of their skills. Hope that helps.
I did my own with advice from the guys here. The price of sheet copper has tripled since, I couldn't afford to do it again.
-- J.S.
John, my scraps are looking valuable.
Finishing the porch now & hope I don't run out. I'm framing the porch a bit at a time & then roofing it.
It might not go as far around as I thought, I am not buying any more copper. Us retired folks can't afford copper.
Joe H
Joe --
I still have some full sheets that I bought at $1.74/lb. Let me know if you need some.
-- J.S.
John, I appreciate that. I'm looking at this roll and wondering how long is left. And thinking not long enuff.
I started off with a porch all the way around, it's shrinking. I now have a hip to finish in the back where I'm ending it about 6' from the corner.
I have a half hip at the west end of the front, how far around that corner I can go will be the ? after I finish the back.
Should have bought another roll when I got this, but it seems my project took more than I anticipated, and the porch grew too.
There is no place local for this stuff, I have the only copper roof around except for a couple banks with little domes done in that pre-patinated stuff. One down in St. George & a new one here with identical dome.
How big are the sheets? Guess I'd have to drive to CA. Been back once, I was screaming at the azzzzzzholes around me half way down the Cajone Pass. I've gotten use to like without the jerks.
Joe H
I have 16 oz. 3'x10', and 32 oz. 3'x8', at least four of each.
-- J.S.