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   seeyou | Sep 20, 2009 09:31pm | #1

   Nice work, but I don't like those things, either.

   copper p0rn

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   theslateman | Sep 20, 2009 09:35pm | #2

   Grant,

   The HO bought it online and asked me to put it in the roof this trip over .

   I can't believe someone would put that terrible looking item on a classy slate roof from the 1860's !!

   Lets be treated to lots more copper shots this week please !!

   Walter

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   davidmeiland | Sep 20, 2009 09:39pm | #3

   I have to install a couple of those in a shake roof in a few weeks. The owner asked me to fabricate some sort of copper trim ring so that the plastic is not visible.

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   theslateman | Sep 20, 2009 09:41pm | #4

   David ,

   It's not plastic , but painted metal , if you're talking about the roof curb .

   It's likely the worst item I've ever dealt with on slate .

   Looks like a wart on a bulls a** from the ground !

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   davidmeiland | Sep 20, 2009 09:45pm | #5

   Oh.... looked like PVC to something similar. Metal or not, it's going to clash with all the copper trim on his roof so he wants something done about it.

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   theslateman | Sep 20, 2009 09:58pm | #6

   Install a copper flashed Velux instead . These things are not well made .

   See how ugly that thing is once it's installed ???

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   davidmeiland | Sep 20, 2009 10:48pm | #7

   What little research I did showed mostly satisfied Solatube owners/installers, much less out there re the Velux. Owner decided Solatube was the one he wanted and chose the diffuser and other parts he wants. It is not in a conspicuous location on his house unless you are a bird or a chimney sweep.

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   theslateman | Sep 20, 2009 10:52pm | #8

   David ,

   The owner here already had the unit he had bought , so I was simply the installer into the roof .

   I guess if thats whats wanted thats what they're gonna receive , in both our cases .

   Just seemed flimsy to me , but I can't see it from my house .

   Walter

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   Sphere | Sep 20, 2009 11:39pm | #9

   Am I not seeing any underlay or paper on that sheathing?

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   theslateman | Sep 21, 2009 12:05am | #10

   Duane ,

   I papered in the right side and slated it , then went over and did the left side .

   Think I'm a corner cutter do ya !!

    

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   Sphere | Sep 21, 2009 12:16am | #11

   Naw, not corner cutter, I was just taken aback by the bare wood there.

   I had a slate roof on my 1709 Pa. farmhouse, you could see daylight from the attic side, but never a leak. Funny how water surface tension makes it drain off before it can drip in.

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   Gene_Davis | Sep 21, 2009 02:29am | #12

   Couldn't you have done it with plastic slate?

    

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