The LEA Construction Custom Copper Chimney Cap Details and Photo Page

Brookings, Oregon (7/06)

Updated 12-17-2008

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This pair of chimney caps were designed for our client named Matt Eastaff of LEA Construction in Brookings, Oregon as adapted from these crude photos (shown above) that he sent me of some chimney caps on his neighbor's houses, with a few modification to make them more functional. I suggested a few minor alterations to improve the look as well as the functionality. Even though he did not want them to look different, he agreed they were good suggestion and agreed to those alterations.

Den ChimneyLiving room chimney

 

These are built to have a 4/12 pitch hipped roof design. The base is designed to wrap under the edge of the concrete slab that is over their chimneys and extends out past the rock facing. We include the stainless steel nuts and bolts to bolt the corners together, so it is secure, yet removable for chimney cleaning. The base rim here is 80" long and 48" wide, There is a 4" tall side on this lower rim of the base. The frame that supports the roof over the base if 10" tall with 6" tall vent openings that are 23" wide.

If you look at the larger images that these smaller images link to; you can see the clear vinyl protective film covering the outer shell that is a 20oz copper. We built these 2" wide roof braces to support the flat roof panels from impacts and snow loads that could occur. Once assembled it was structurally solid feeling and did not seem to have any flex to it when lifted up on one corner. The final weight was just under 140#, so that means there was 112 square feet of this copper sheet metal in it's construction, not including the cut-off waste.

Here is the smaller 41" wide square chimney cap being constructed and on it's side to see the inside construction after completion.

 Here is a photo of this pair of chimney cap waiting for pick-up by the client. they happen to just live in one of the southern coastal towns here in Oregon. We were contracted to add the stainless steel screens for spark arrest, but just a week before I began to build them he asked to take that off the contract to save money. I did as instructed, but the final weight was still higher than the estimated weight, so there was no discount for not adding those screens. This means they would have gotten the screens for free, had he not asked to leave them off.

A week after they picked these up he contacted me to see about getting the SS screens installed. I gave them 2 options: to bring them back to have me install the screens, or to ship a kit to them with instructions, but it seems that it was too complicated and costly at this point, so they just left the screens out.

Total Cost: $3,410.80 without crates or delivery

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Below is a photo of our
Better Business Bureau's
NW Business Integrity Award
for the year 1998

1999 Better Business Award

We were also a 1997 finalist for this same award. See our referral web page to see how we managed to be honored with this special award

 

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