This is a simple request. I have an octagon shaped area in the new house. The octagonal roof section is a 12/12. It comes to a nice pointy peak at the top. Until I spring for one of those nice $300 copper finails, do you folks have any suggestions on how I should finish off the top?
thanks,
sam
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Pineapple, symbol of hospitality here. I've carved a few. Bandsaw works OK too.
PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Get a pair of mud buckets.
Put one over the peak.
Put the other in your bedroom.
Empty all pocket change into bucket #2 daily.
When full trade bucket #2 for copper thingee to replace bucket #1.
Joe H
lol.................will consider that......
Brilliant!Kevin Halliburton
"Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men." - Solomon
You want decoration or function? A blue tarp with bungee cords will keep out the weather. So will a sheet of lead pounded into the correct shape. maybe it's time to send the DW to an antique shop for a weather vane.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
I was thinking more along the lines of a small cap mitered to fit nice that would come 10-12" down on each section of roof and wrapped real purdy like with copper flashing. I like the bucket idea more than the blue tarp with bungee cords. The lead sheet sounds interesting but probably not aesthetically pleasing.
sam
Somebody refer sam to the bordello thread. He'll get lots of ideas for what to perch on his roof.
SamT
Can't beat the lead sheet for interim cover. Do it.
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Ok I'll look into the lead sheet. I have never seen them though. Where do I find them?
thanks,
sam
(bordello thread? post a link if you can :o)
I just call my lumberyard. In the past, plumbing suppliers have been better places to go. Many sheet metal shops might have something.
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http://www.mcmaster.com/param/asp/psearch.asp?FAM=lead&FT_138=89664&session=desc=Metals;lead;138=89664
You could make a cheap wood cap, maybe out of plywood then fiberglass the outside of it. Paint it whatever color you like, maybe even copper color.
Dan
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I just make my own... $300. is nutz in my book. Not hard to make a template of one triangle right off the roof panel. Then I make a cardboard template, score the lines and trial it on the roof... If it's right, then I cut my metal. My roofer friend sold me a partial roll of 24" copper flashing pretty cheap. I break the metal the little it needs by clamping between to 2x4's, by hand. For bigger ones I make it in two halves with 2" overlap tabs on one end of each... You could use any metal though. I install it with stainless screws and butyl rubber caulk. I've also done a few gazebo's this way. On a couple I put a copper/brass weather vane on first and cut the copper for a tight fit. Hope this is of some use to you...
The "two bucket idea" is terrific... :)
Edited 6/8/2004 7:02 pm ET by Brick
Ya know, it's after midnight, the plotter is giving me fits and I'm in one of those moods, so I'm just going to go ahead and suggest that you place an ad in the "help wanted, work wanted" segment of this web site for an individual looking for a new orifice to stick their head in. You should have no shortage of takers.
I'll buy a round for the whole tavern if this post makes it to quitting time tomorrow. Barring any takers- I'll give my thumbs up to the formed lead and copper sheet ideas respectively.
For those inclined to point it out, I'm well aware of the fact that this post is totally juvenile. Thank you for the indulgence. You have no idea how desperately I needed it tonight! This (humming with teeth gritted) plotter is entirely too expensive to destroy. Ah-pree-shate-cha!
Kevin Halliburton
"Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men." - Solomon