CBD's Lea Designs Chimney Cap Page

This was the first Tuscan archway style chimney cap I built for a non-local client Lea Pascoe of LEA Design in Santa Ana, California. This chimney cap is designed to go over a stucco chimney with a metal chimney flue pipe in the middle of a red tile roof. The base shown in the first photo is 25.25" x 26.25" wide not counting the bottom drip-edge flange. It is made with one piece of copper folded over at the corners with a single overlapping seam on the back corner. The corner roof supports are also made from a single sheet of copper with only one seam for added strength and a smooth clean look. It weighs about 49lb with the screening installed. This has taken over 3 full days work, plus the time to build the custom crate and wrap it for shipping.

The roof for this cap is a 10/12 pitch pyramid style hipped roof is 28.5" x 30" wide. I gave Ms. Pascoe good deal on this set of chimney caps for helping me come up with such unique attractive designs.

Cost: $1,193.75 w/crate & shipping
to a residence

The LEA Design King's Crown Chimney Cap (1/06)

Here is the other chimney flue cap ordered along with the above mentioned cap. It was designed by LEA Designs to looks like this King's Crown style lamp photo above with a weathervane mast support pipe built in the center. This is the first Chimney cap I've been asked to make with a weathervane support in it.

I used 20oz copper for center section of this chimney cap, but I used a thicker 32oz copper for the outside circular crown points and the 8 support straps below for added strength. It has 6 rivets attaching each strap to the rim of the cap, but are hidden from view; hidden with another layer of 20oz copper over-lay on the upper half of the strap to make this curl out past the cap rim. There are oval solid brass knobs on the tips of the crown.

The screen is some thin copper expanded mesh that was from 6" gutter screens. This was before I got into using the stainless steel spark arrest screens I use now that is stronger and has larger holes.

Shipping Mishap:
This project ran into our first shipping mishap. It seems I had not anticipate the packaging well enough to withstand a substantial drop upside down by the shipper, or perhaps some juvenile delinquents during the week it sat in front of the delivery site, while the client was out of town. DHL was not willing to accept any responsibility for the damage at any rate, so I switched over to FedEx Ground over this issue, and seem to be getting better rates through them. This chimney cap had to be repackaged and shipped back to us for repair by the client.

At no extra charge I rebuilt the entire strap support section with brand new thicker 48oz copper bands that were also wider, to replace the 32oz copper I had used, and shipped it back to California. I also made the bottom horizontal band to open on 4 sides, bolted together with 12 stainless steel bolts.

It was a shame the cap was so mangled that they could not do a test fitting while it was there, but it was probably a good thing this happened, since I am not sure it would have mounted on that clay flue without binding up or needing to be forced on. Now it should be good to go in the worst of wind storms holding the weathervane.

I wish we got photos of it mounted, but even though she said she would, she never sent us photos to show you.

Cost: $812.60 w/crate & shipping
to a residence

Even with out the rebuild and second shipping charges this was quite a bargain considering the work I put into it, but I was jazzed to make such a unique piece of functional art.