CBD's Copper Chimney Caps Photopage #2

Below is a few more examples of custom copper chimney caps I've made; placing primary focus on a strong design w/as few seams as possible. There's also links to see more photos and details w/price breakdown of the parts used for most projects.

Note: We do not intend to be misleading with prices listed on these web pages for chimney caps made prior to to 2006, but with metal and fuel prices having doubled since then we have needed to compensate as well. So keep in mind how the prices listed may not reflect the current cost. They are here as a guide to see what these cost at that time.

The Smith Custom Copper Chimney Cap
Yacolt, Washington (11/05)

I made This chimney cap with the design help from the client: Van Smith in Yacolt Washington, just North of Portland. It was designed to cover a wood frame chimney case that is covered with a stone facing, and to support the stainless steel insolated exhaust flue.

It took about 74 square feet of copper to make this chimney cap, and weighs in at 93.5lb. Even though it has very few visible rivets it is so sturdy that when lifting it up on one corner it has no detectible flex to it. Made as seamless as possible. This chimney cap sits down to cover the top 2" of the wood frame and another 1.5" of a rock facing over the wood. It took 4 days to build this cap. Including the end caps for the roof, there are 4 cross-braces to support the roof of this chimney cap.

The final cost not delivered or installed was $1,496,
since the client took care of all that personally.

(click here for more photos and step-by-step details)

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The Gamenara Custom 20oz Copper Chimney Cap
Portland, Oregon (3/05)

Here is one of the simplest copper chimney caps I had made. It was constructed to cover this 9" outside diameter stainless steel chimney pipe that was quite stained from the old rusty cap I had removed (shown above). The roof is just a 6/12 pitch that is 15" wide for a 3" eave.

This fabrication was only $200 installed, since that is our minimum charge for custom work like this. It is also screened and has a wider hood to be sure to keep out the rain in high winds. We now use a 16 gauge stainless steel screen with 1/2" wide diamond shaped holes for our chimney caps to better match building code and more strength.

Cost: $200 installed

Here is a link to our web page showing the other custom gutter work we did for this client:
http://dmr-gutters.com/pg/ag/Gamenara.htm

The Lucey Custom 20oz Copper Chimney Cap
Portland, Oregon (2/05)

Here is what I created and installed with the design and some installation help from the client: Steve Lucey at 2895 N. W. Raleigh here in Portland, Oregon 97210. You can click on the link below to our fabrication web page to see all 36 photos I took of it's construction and installation.

This chimney cap weighed in at 58lb. It took about 45 square feet of copper not including the screening around the vent area. Even though it has very few visible rivets it is the sturdiest chimney cap I had built to date (2/05). It is also the most seamless chimney cap I had made. This chimney cap sits down to cover the top 2 courses of bricks.

It took 3 days just to build this small cap in our shop. The roof of this chimney cap is set to be a 6/12 pitch to match the houses roof pitch. The bracing you see behind the screening is one piece that is over 9' long and 8.25" tall. The vents are cut out and the edges folded over for more strength. It was attached to the brick chimney with 4 stainless steel screws near the bottom edge.

Cost: $950 installed

(click here for more photos and step-by-step details)

A Set of Custom 20oz Copper Chimney Pots
S. E. Portland, Oregon (9/04)

Here is what we had designed, fabricated, and installed on a house near Downtown Portland, Oregon. We had their name and address listed here for over 3 years, but they requested their personal information be removed from our web site (10/07). Contact me for the address if you want to see them in person.

You can go to our fabrication web page to tour the 54 photos of the design and fabrication process for this set of chimney smoke stacks, or chimney pots as many call them.

The two side stacks are 3' 6.5" tall. The center stack is 4' 6.5" tall. They are mounted on a 3 flue chimney over each flue liner side by side just as they are shown here, with only 2" between each flue liner.

The center chimney stack in the picture was very tricky to design and fabricate and get all the angles just right for a 24/12 pitch. The side caps are at a 12/12 pitch. They turned out well and the client was quite pleased with the results.

We even amaze ourselves some times with what we are able to design and create. They resemble chess pieces, but at $2,000 just for this set of three, this would be a very pricy chess set to create. We could mount small casters on the bottom for sideways movement. <LOL>

Cost: $2,000 installed

(click here for more photos and step-by-step details)

The same chimney pipes just a couple years later (8-06). I was surprised to see where I had missed a few places with the plastic film removal, so those areas had not tarnished. I removed the rest of it while up there taking these photos.

The Szakacsy Custom 20oz Copper Chimney Cap
Moorpark, California (7/04)

Above is the chimney box I was hired to make a cover for a High School Biology Science Teacher named Doug Szakacsy in Moorpark CA. this was the first chimney cap I was hired to build for and out of State client. He took this picture of these directional caps he had installed a few years ago. As you see they had already begun to rust. He had hired a chimney sweep company to help with the pan rust issue, so they installed this pair of "stainless steel" directional caps, that as you can see turned out not to be stainless steel at all. They clearly did nothing to help with the rust issue of the pan's exposure to the elements and it's staining of everything below it.

He needed to remove the directional caps before installing the copper cap we made for him, but the rusty pan needed to stay, since it is supporting the top of the flues. I placed some heavy gaffer's tape inside the cap, so there is no direct contact with the steel pan cover. Doug said he will give the 'new' directional caps to his neighbor. <LOL>

He wanted the ends to have these square screened vents on each end, instead of just being open-ended like the chimney cap shown above. I made 7 screened vents on each end that are 4.5" in diameter, so there is a combined vent area of 141.75 square inches on each end.

There is a 2" wide sill all the way around the cap to sit on the steel cover shown above, and it hangs down 3.5" to extend below the steel pan lip. It then has a 1.5" flange drip edge bent at a 45 degree angle along the bottom that has a safety hem bent back inwards for strength and to leave no sharp edges. I also made a center brace to help it hold it's shape. It is very sturdy once fully constructed. It is designed with a 9" over-hang of the base on each end to keep from blowing rain to get inside.

He just happened to have parents who live 100 miles south of us, so he coincided a visit with picking up this cap along with another $800 worth of copper flashing and a vented copper octagonal roof cap. This chimney cap took a good 55 square feet of the 20oz copper I now use, so at the base rate of $25 per square feet, since he is coming here to pick it up, the cost was $1,375 for this copper chimney cap. It weighs about 70lb in all. It still has the protective plastic cover on the long sides that the client will peal off after installation.

Cost: $1,375 undelivered (client picked it up at our shop)