This Old House Copper Roof

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This old house copper roof.

This old house general contractor tom silva and host kevin o connor show you the proper way to install a copper roof in order to ensure stability resistance to the elements and beauty. Courtesy future roof systems the oldest longest lasting and most expensive metal for roofs copper is easy to cut and shape. I d like to match the new roof to the old one but i can t find a source anywhere. This old house homepage.

This old house experts install a standing seam copper roof on a small addition. Testing drip edge installations on roofing. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva compares the qualities of different types of roofing materials. Colors paint accents.

Unique cedar log birdhouse with slanted copper roof and copper base. Follow this old house online. Skip to main content. Escape will cancel and close the window.

This old house homepage. 8 5 inches tall 9 inches wide 7 5 inches deep. Roofing on this old house. Uncoated its bright gleaming shine quickly acquires a protective brown patina that can turn a soft blue green over time.

Its multihued verdigris color a sign of the natural patina that guards the underlying metal from deterioration lends a dramatic counterpoint to all the other attention grabbing features of this french eclectic style house. House is made of cedar log tree already dead and roof and base are made from copper salvaged from old church in western north carolina. Scalloped copper shingles follow the tight curves of this conical roof. Beginning of dialog window.

Copper manufacturers do recommend a roofing felt underlayment topped by rosin building paper to keep the saturated felt from bonding to the copper. You could replace all the roofing with new shingles dark enough to disguise the staining or with shingles laced with copper granules which are lethal to algae. How to prevent ice dams. But that would only make sense if the shingles were worn out.

In any event before starting you should install metal edging around the perimeter of the roof to support the to 1 overhang of the sheet metal to discourage water from running back under the edge. Sources for old roofing products photo by courtesy of anr roofing. Fire resistant roofing and siding. I m building an addition to an early 1930s one story home with a hip roof.

Log in or sign up. Thisoldhouse asktoh subscribe to this old h. How to install a copper roof. The existing house has a metal tile roof with a stamped pattern.

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