How To Make A Copper Cupola Roof

Fasten the rafters together.

How to make a copper cupola roof.

I made the cupola in three sections so that i could manage to get it up on the roo. The roof is from a project completed by general contractor jeff sweenor and his team at sweenor builders. In this video i show how i go about making a cupola for our friends barn. Apr 10 2016 explore bonnie howd s board how to build a cupola on pinterest.

He first created a paper template and used this template to mark the cut lines on the copper. Page 1 of 2 1 2 next aug 23 2014 at 5 54 pm 1 1. Join the rafters using a 6 1 2 in. Walks us through his process for creating customized copper panels for a cupola roof.

Transfer the pitch of the roof to two sides and cut. Screw together a simple box. The build duration. Jason senior of j r senior sheetmetal inc.

In this video i will show you how to cover the roof of a cupola with sheet metal. Screw the hub to two of the rafters and fasten the other two by driving 3 in. How to make and install a cupola part 1. My lighted copper roof cupola build and install.

Screws through the rafters into the hub. See more ideas about cupolas barn cupola weather vanes. This is part 2 in their 4 part series. 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.

Discussion in garage workshop started by file ifr aug 23 2014. This is a beautiful copper cupola made by mike rizzo of dimondale mi. Making a curved double lock standing seam copper roof duration. Piece of 2x2 as a hub.

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 roof yet. Mike made this using our 16 mil copper sheets. Joe jenkins 116 886 views. Copper cupola by mike rizzo.