How To Make A Copper Cupola Roof

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How to make a copper cupola roof.

Mike made this using our 16 mil copper sheets. Roof top cupolas can be used for both decoration and ventilation. Page 1 of 2 1 2 next aug 23 2014 at 5 54 pm 1 1. Architectural roofing and sheet metal present to you how to create a copper cupola using all hand cranked equipment.

I made the cupola in three sections so that i could manage to get it up on the roo. Joe jenkins 116 886 views. My lighted copper roof cupola build and install. Discussion in garage workshop started by file ifr aug 23 2014.

This is a beautiful copper cupola made by mike rizzo of dimondale mi. In the days before roof and ridge vents a cupola was the most effective way to ventilate a stable barn or even a house. Architectural roofing and sheet metal present to you how to create a copper cupola using all hand cranked equipment. See more ideas about cupolas barn cupola weathervanes.

We put a copper standing seam roof on the turret of a house i recently built and the copper went from shiny like yours to dull brown in about a year as you. In this video i show how i go about making a cupola for our friends barn. The build duration. He first created a paper template and used this template to mark the cut lines on the copper.

How to make and install a cupola part 1. The roof is from a project completed by general contractor jeff sweenor and his team at sweenor builders. Walks us through his process for creating customized copper panels for a cupola roof. And with new rot resistant materials they still work well.

In this video i will show you how to cover the roof of a cupola with sheet metal. My contractor buddy built the frame out of wood and wants a metal roof. When i decided to build a cupola to dress up my. Jason senior of j r senior sheetmetal inc.

He then put the 4 pieces on the cupola roof and bent the seems down to lock them together he did not fold the bottom edge under the. Making a curved double lock standing seam copper roof duration.