Just got done with a project today. Sphere did the cedar.
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Oooh, that came out looking wierd. Let me try resizing a little larger.
Just because you should, doesn't mean you can!
When I opened the smaller pic I thought "Oh sure, blame THAT shingling pattern on Sphere..."<g>
Good job resizing the pic to get rid of the zig-zaggy pixelation.
A classic look. Copper and cedar. Looks like a nicely weathered copper downspout on the original house. Does the house have cedar on the roof as well? Slate?
I've seen many of your previous posts, you do nice work. Do you do any of your own fabrication of copper downspouts/gutters, or do you just hang 'em?
Does the house have cedar on the roof as well?
Some of it's cedar, some terne standing seam and some copper standing seam.
Do you do any of your own fabrication of copper downspouts/gutters.
Sometimes. In this case I bought the gutter, hangers, and downspout. I made the flashings, drip edge and gutter end caps and outlets. I've made a lot of copper cornice and custom gutter profiles, but for regular ogee and half round, I just buy it. I can only make 10' lengths but I can buy 25' sections premade.
Just because you should, doesn't mean you can!
Begs another question...do you buy the 25' lengths locally, or do you have them shipped.
I've not been able to find anything close to that length up here in CT.
Keep up the postings...I never tire of seeing nice Cu work.
Have you tried KAMCO, I think they're in Bethel and Danbury among other places.
Castle Building Supplies in Greenburg/White Plains.
EricI Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.
Thanks, I'll give them a call...
I get it from a distributor near Cincinnati. It comes from Berger Bros in Feasterville (if I remember right ) , PA.Just because you should, doesn't mean you can!
I've used Berger in the past but was laways afraid of ordering LONG pieces of material...
Roof looks great. Not fond of the choice of copper though.Gotcha!It all looks great! You mean Duane actually does real work, rather than just talk about it and drive around the country?
I liked the first one better.If anybody ever said
That I give a damn,
Well they damn sure told you wrong.
I've had ramblin' fever all along.
- Merle Haggard
Oh, that's what he does in his spare time......:) Nice work....I was watching men put on shingles on an addition not far from me......It's 20 degrees and snowing.....As I have said, it never ceases to amaze me the dedication of craftsmen and women who work in all kinds of weather.....
U call it "dedication" ...
we call it "having to eat next week" ....
Jeff Buck Construction
Artistry in Carpentry
Pgh, PA
So THAT's where he gets his kindling for that wood stove of his!
Nice work.
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So THAT's where he gets his kindling for that wood stove of his!
Kindling, He11, that's where he gets most of his building supplies. Waits till everyone else goes to lunch and then fills up the truck. It ain't workplace theft, its more a matter of being overzeolous about cleaning up the leftover scraps. When he starts posting pics of his half-cedar half-copper roof next spring, we'll know for sure! ;)
jt8
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. -- Nick Diamos
Edited 1/20/2005 4:53 pm ET by JohnT8
how is your counterflashing attached to the bricks ?
sawcut reglet ?
carpenter in transition
ACTUALLY...I wasn't alone on that job..gotta give credit to the 2 Mexicans hoseA and hoseB....LOL.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Every human choice bows like a slave in submission to the absolute creative will, yet this does not deprive us of freedom or fear of taking responsibility for what we choose
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Come on now, there isn't room on that little old roof for two Jose`s and you!
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like ants on a suger cube we were..LOL
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Every human choice bows like a slave in submission to the absolute creative will, yet this does not deprive us of freedom or fear of taking responsibility for what we choose
( Mansavi V,(3097-98_)))))>
My guess is that I know what gun he used and my guess is that I know what he was stranglin' on his axe the night before and after...... Em A Dm E repeated over n over :)
Be a real good guy
Be Duane Hickman
I mean Maynard G Crebs
I mean SPHERE
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I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace.
I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you
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LOL..Thanks Bro'. That one was a cake walk. The roof I am doing now has 5 valleys..UGGHH..I hate all that cutting. I don't know how many sq. it is total, but it's ALMOST done.Have a tuff time finding nails for the MAX..using Hitachi nails at this time. 2 and 3/8ths on Split shakes.That copper dude is a hell uva guy to actually let me near his work..LOL.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Every human choice bows like a slave in submission to the absolute creative will, yet this does not deprive us of freedom or fear of taking responsibility for what we choose
( Mansavi V,(3097-98_)))))>
Did you use W valley flashing? The ones I made for this dump have worked great. No leaks at all.
You can use Bostich nails for the MAx by the way.
Did greencu make the valley flashing for you?
I had exactly 5 valleys also...one that led into a large cricket so I know exactly what you mean by ...ughhhhhh. Takes more time doing that than half the rest of the roof.
I don't know how anyonew does it without the small cordless circular saw.
Be well bro
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The secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
When we meet, we say, Namaste'..it means..
I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides,
I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace.
I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you
and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.
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Oh yeah, he makes all the flashings and valley parts. No on the w valley..we just don't do that. I lay a 1x4 in the crease and cut the shake to fit..makes a nice straight egde.Even Bosticth nails are scarce around here, except 2 and a halfs.Even tha POS Porter cable 6" saw is better than the old days, when I used a fullsize circle saw.If this ice ever melts, I'll be done with this one, mostly finishers and caps to do now.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Every human choice bows like a slave in submission to the absolute creative will, yet this does not deprive us of freedom or fear of taking responsibility for what we choose
( Mansavi V,(3097-98_)))))>
Sphere: Nice work........
sawcut reglet ?
Yeah, grinder with a diamond blade, actually. I don't like to flash that way, but we had to match the rest of the house.
Just because you should, doesn't mean you can!
So how do you normaly flash / counter flash on a job like that?