I’m about ready to shingle my west wing and still haven’t resolved the peak cap issue.
On normal roofs you just double the tab over and a row of them makes the cap. This is a 27/12 pitch roof. If I doubled a tab over, with that steep of a pitch the shingle would just break in half.
Another thought is to go to a tin bender and have a copper cap made and just nail that over the peak.
I’ve seen sheet metal rolled and then flanges bent on it. Producing a tube and flange. But I’ve checked with local tin benders and no one seems to have an idea how to do this reasonably. Most suggestions involve soldering a seam or brassing a flange on a tube. Obviously very expensive and nobody could assure me that warpage wouldn’t happen, turning it all into a warped mess, an expensive warped mess..
Any other suggestions, any source for that old tube type ridge cap?
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If the sun is hot enough, the regular asphalt shingle cap should just soften and follow the peak. I know the tube and flange cap you talked about, always wonder where to get them.
Tom
Tom,
evan if it folded over, wouldn't it expose the asphault? I just can't see that work on this steep of a roof.. Kinda like folding a shingle over a knife.
If you make sure the sheathing doesn't meet at the ridge like a knife edge and if you double cap it, by the time the second layer goes on it would be pretty rounded. Another suggestion would be to put in a layer of ice and snow shield as insurance. My office has a 24/12 roof at the west wing, the asphalt cap has been there for twenty years now, still in good shape, the valley is going though. I think what Grant came up with is a more elegant solution, your house deserves it. I would use the cleats to allow some movement.
Tom
Frenchy, look here --------> http://www.oldworlddistributors.com/index.html#top
Quite a collection of weird stuff, maybe you can find it. This house you are building sounds like it deserves more than a folded shingle up top, ya Left Wing Wacko. Joe H
Thanks Joe,
Not what I was thinking but very interesting, worth consideration.
You are right, I am left wing wacko,...... but it works for me <G>
Thanxs for the help!
Frenchy, found just the stuff, http://www.oldworlddistributors.com/ridgecrestingindex.html#cresting
This one is great, I'll bet your house is just waiting for a piece like this. http://www.oldworlddistributors.com/pix_finial_ridge_heart.html
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There's a guy down the street from me who just uses a blue tarp to cover the ridge and replaces it every six months or so.
You know, I've been thinking about marketing shingle-colored tarps. any interest out there?
Only if you can also provide siding colored tires.
Shingle-colored tarps. Siding colored tires. What next? Pickup-truck-on-blocks shaped planters.
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Just one question, how much ventilation does a tarp require to reduce condensation in a damp environment? Thank you for a quick response, as the buckets are filling up!
Just wait awhile, it'll self ventilate.
When you change the tarp every six months, that's all the ventilation you need.
Tom
"I've been thinking about marketing shingle-colored tarps."
Great idea. But do you need felt paper underneath?
I put tape on the mirrors in my house so I don't accidentally walk through into another dimension.
Here is a business proposition. We'll make tarps with shingle prints, we'll throw in the tires too, just print them on. Hey, if we can get 10% of the market share, it got to be in the hundreds of millions. Don't forget they have to change it every six months.
Tom
Here you go.
http://www.bergerbros.com/products_edgings_ridge.html
gl
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Great, just exactly what I'm looking for.......................
One question, it looks like the shingles go on top of the flange and kinda butt up to the step. Doesn't that leave a row of nails exposed?
Has anyone got any experiance using this kinda flashing?
You install the ridge roll after the shingles (or slate or shakes ) are finished. You can either nail thru the flange of the ridge roll (how most install it) or nail down copper tabs so the nails will be covered by the ridge roll and fold the tab back up over the flange on the ridge roll. Pop rivet the cleat to the flange and you have no exposed fasteners. With the steep pitch of your roof, I'd probably opt for nailing thru the flange. You can also use neoprene washers on the nails (I've also used brass screws with washers) , but I don't like the way they look.
gl
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