How To Make A Copper Cupola Roof

In the days before roof and ridge vents a cupola was the most effective way to ventilate a stable barn or even a house.

How to make a copper cupola roof.

Jason senior of j r senior sheetmetal inc. He first created a paper template and used this template to mark the cut lines on the copper. Discussion in garage workshop started by file ifr aug 23 2014. I made the cupola in three sections so that i could manage to get it up on the roo.

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. My contractor buddy built the frame out of wood and wants a metal roof. How to make and install a cupola part 1. In this video i will show you how to cover the roof of a cupola with sheet metal.

Architectural roofing and sheet metal present to you how to create a copper cupola using all hand cranked equipment. Mike made this using our 16 mil copper sheets. My lighted copper roof cupola build and install. This is part 2 in their 4 part series.

See more ideas about cupolas barn cupola weathervanes. And with new rot resistant materials they still work well. The build duration. Joe jenkins 116 886 views.

You can see the template in the picture below. 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. This is part 1 in their 4 part series. In this video i show how i go about making a cupola for our friends barn.

Making a curved double lock standing seam copper roof duration. 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. Roof top cupolas can be used for both decoration and ventilation.

When i decided to build a cupola to dress up my. This is a beautiful copper cupola made by mike rizzo of dimondale mi.