Dale came by the shop a couple of days ago and saw this and asked if my customers were having a “Largest chimney cap contest”.
This is a double decker, designed by the HO.
That’s it so far. Here’s what I’m working towards:
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Wow! Better be going on a big roof.
What's the est. weight of that monster?
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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What's the est. weight of that monster?
I don't know yet - I'll have to figure it when I get done, but it's not that heavy. The base weighs maybe 25 lbs and the second tier weighs a little more than that. The last section will come in at less than 25 lbs, so it'll probably max out at 80 lbs. http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
We have a copper topped peaked hip roof down river. I'm thinking it is one large roof vent. Looks beautiful. Done anything like that?A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
We have a copper topped peaked hip roof down river. I'm thinking it is one large roof vent.
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I'll try to get a picture of it b/4 the leaves come out.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
I hope you have brownie points with Boreas, the Greek God of the North wind.
FWIW: I seem to recall that years ago FHB had an article on cupolas and sizing them. I remember being astonished as to how big they had to be to look in proportion.....
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FHB had an article on cupolas and sizing them.
This is a chimney cap. It has to fit the chimney - so that's the base design criteria. The 1st cap I made for this chimney was slightly bigger than the two flues in it. The HO insisted, so I complied under protest. It did look kind of funny and the fireplace smoked slightly. http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
I figure the same general principles would apply.Having spent a lot of time on Cape Cod and used to seeing 'real' Cape Cod houses with central chimneys, I still stumble over a Cape Cod with a single flue sticking up, especially if it's at an end
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Looking really good ! Keep up the good work and the picture taking please.
Happy Easter.
Santa might almost squeze down that beauty if you hinge the top tier !!
Very nice copper work, and it got me to thinking.
I have probably shown you this before. This chimney was capped in cut granite, all doweled together, six parts in all. Expensive, and took some crane time to get it up there.
I always thought it would have looked better in copper, and drew it in SU to see what the proportions might be. Were I to do it again, it surely would be in Cu.
Just out of curiosity, and if you are willing, what would one budget, within a thou or two, for this, delivered on a truck and ready for the hoist?
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"A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."
Gene Davis 1920-1985
I remember seeing that. Nice looking unit.
Probably a little over $2K at today's CU prices (they're climbing again) would get that cap to you knocked down. If it were shipped base/uprights/roof the shipping costs would diminish greatly and the pieces could be carried to the chimney and easily assembled in place. I'd expect another $300 or so to ship it fully assembled.
The length is a problem for me. My equipment is 10', so there'd have to be a joint somewhere along the long sides. If the roof were standing seam, that solves that. The seam would be easy enough to hide in the base. http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Grant,
Ever gone from a 5/12 standing seam hip roof to a flat panel on a flat area on top ??
Wondering how you'd handle the transition ? I've got a plan but you've got way more experience in matters such as this.
Thanks for looking , Walter
I don't know if I've roofed that detail before. Typically, there's a vertical plane at least a few inches tall between the sloped roof and the near horizontal plane. In that case, we treat it like a chimney or dormer front and turn the standing seam up the verticle plane, then let the drip edge for the top roof flash over that.
With this, I think i'd run the standing seam to the pitch change and beat the last 8 inches or so of the seams down flat. Then I'd solder/rivet a cleat across the standing seam down about 5" from the pitch change to lock an apron to. I'd fold the top of the apron back toward the standing seam on the same plane with the flat roof and clip it to the flat sheathing. Then I'd use that flange to start out my flat seam.
That's similar to how we do it when we do a flat seam roof above shingles or other roofing that might not last as long as the copper flat seam. If the lower roof needs replacing, the apron can be removed w/o boogering the flat seam and without exposed fasteners.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Thank you Grant ,
Thats pretty much what I thought would work well in that situation , but I've never been asked to do one until now.
Thanks again for both this and help with the Pond roof !!
I'm getting scared. I've followed enough of your posts so closely I actually understand what you're describing!Keep up the fine work.
OK. Got this sucker installed today. It took three of us.
Here's Josh screwing the bottom section down:
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And the finished product:
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I shoulda gone with ya's, my day was a wreck.
Looks great.
Grant ,
Very attractive and extremely well executed from my vantage point.
All my thumbs up !!!
Walter
All my thumbs up !!!
I don't think the one sticking out of your pants is actually a thumb. I'll count it if you can pick up a quarter with it. :+)
Thank you, sir. I thought it came out pretty well although I should have measured the chimney myself. The HO gave me some bad dimensions. We had to do a little "on the top of the chimney" alteration.
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Do I see an air terminal up there? Or a spire? Or a tree limb?
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Wished you'd had that wuko didn't you ??!!
I ordered a Wuko bender and mini disco today from N A Bocker.
Gonna make you proud of me , just you wait and see !!
Wished you'd had that wuko didn't you ??!!
Not today - all's we needed was greens and reds.http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
Gonna make you proud of me , just you wait and see !!
I wanna see what you're doing with that thing. I'd like to have one, but I can't justify the price. Take some pics.
BTW, if you don't mind telling, what did you get it from Bocker for? They used to be my go to guys, but Stortz started beating their prices. http://www.quittintime.com/ View Image
About a grand for the bender and mini disco but they're having a 15% off sale this week . So about $ 850 for the pair plus shipping .
Like my mentor told me a few years ago when quoting work " it's just as easy to say $ 750 for this small job as it is to say $ 500 .
Just got to remember it costs money to buy the toys , so remember to add it in.
There'll be plenty of pivtures from that one -- hope I don't need to use Photoshop !