Traditionally a roof peak cap on a turret or gazebo roof is a great place to add a decorative weathervane or finial to your roof top.  We could make the weathervanes or finials pictured here, but they would cost 3 to 4 times as much, so we feel it is not worth that cost unless there is a very special design not featured out of the 14 finials and 97 weathervanes we sell for Good Directions on our Weathervane & Finials web page. We sell them and custom fit them to our cap designs, but you are not required to buy them through us.  On request, we make a sealed support built into the cap for a good strong support that is independent of the roof.  If you want to combine this with one of our cap designs; we will need to know this up front, so that we can make sure they will work just right with your roof angles and price it into our quote.  These decoration support pipes add $125 to the roof cap cost plus what extra copper is needed for the smaller steeple cone cap to hold the top of the pipe.

Another way to build an internal weathervane or finial support pipe in the new cap is to make the cap steeper than the roof, so there is a hollow space above the roof peak. Or you would need to have the roof peak cut down about a foot from the peak.  This way we can make an upper and a lower support for that pipe we install in the center to insert the decoration into.  The bottom of the pipe is capped off to seal it.  We also provide the caulk and copper shims to lock the shaft in place, so it will not rotate.  It is still be removable in case you change your mind, or find a decoration you like better.  Also, in case some sort of damage occurs to that decoration, it then can be repaired or changed.  We also provide an extra copper pipe cap to place over this pipe, incase the decoration is not ready for installation at the same time.

Warning:
Drilling a hole in the roof peak for a weathervane or finial support will not last very long and is highly prone to leaks into the roof.  The wood is too soft for a support, and high winds will work the decoration loose to open up the seal at the tip.  That will causing leaks and a crooked decoration that will no longer rotate as it should.  They do sell steel roof supports like this that screw down over the roofing, but they will cause rust stains and also begin to leak within a a few years. Our type of support removes the need to have a hole drilled in the peak of the roof, since the support is all above the roof peak. See our different Roof Cap Fabrication web pages to better see what we are talking about.