CBD's Karpel Turret Roof Cap

Here is the drawn out 7 +1 sides of this large irregular roof cap made for our client; Jeff and Elizabeth Karpel in St. Louis, Missouri to go on their house turrets.

Their smaller turret roof has a different pitch on each side, so he had mailed us a full size diagram of the odd roof angles for this turret. I had to make these 3 templates for just this one roof cap. I did my best to make the tails in the right proportions given the different widths of each side. It was very tricky to get this round circle cut to look right.

I had to make some of these templates over several times, so that they would match up just right to each other. Here are the roof cap pieces cut out ready for bending and assembly.

This shows this irregular roof cap sealed and riveted together. Then I double caulk it on the under side and covered that caulk with a special Gorilla Tape, so the caulk should not stick to or get chaffed by the roofing shingles.

It is resting on a padded stool, since I cannot rest it on these pointed tails that need to be different lengths, because they had these different widths.

Here is the base of the finial support pipe being secured with solder, rivets and a stainless steel pipe clamp. I then covered this with caulks to make sure there were not tiny holes left. I then covered this with the black Gorilla Tape.

Then I cover this with the matching steeple cone that is riveted to the base cap through the tab bent under the bottom edge of the steeple cone. This steeple cone also is to hold the top of this finial support pipe in place through the harshest wind storms.

Here is the copper roof cap with the Lancelot finial in place.

This shows the size proportions with 3 other roof caps for different clients. The Karpel's smaller turret roof cap that is 28" wide plus the points style tails, where the larger 18/12 pitch turret roof cap is made 37" wide plus tails. The smallest roof cap shown here for a different client is 18" wide.

Their larger turret roof cap was so large that I could only make 6 sides in one piece, and then attach the last 2 sides to the back side of this cap. Below shows the steeple cone on the larger cap as well.

Here is these turret roofs together in all their glory just before being crated up for shipping back East. They are the largest roof caps we had made to date.

Here is the crate base with the custom stool glued and screwed to the crate base. It is made to have the cap rest on during transit, since it cannot rest on it's tail points. The seat was covered with a foam cushion just before the cap went on it.

There is some red aluminum sheet metal to help hold the tips of the tails tucked in a little and allow them to slide if the cap were to shift and move in transit. The smaller cap was set upside down in the crate resting on the tip of the finial support pipe. This shows how strong we build these support pipes that the full weight of this cap is held securely bumping down the 3,000 miles of road they need to travel.

I do build a saddle for this cal as well secured to the roof of the crate, so this cap will not move sideways in the crate and bend up the tail points. It did reach it's destination without harm.

Cost: $2,544 php.