CBD's Dobbins Const Turret Roof Cap

This is a 16 sided turret roof cap made for our clients; Dobbins Construction, Inc. in Laurie, Missouri for their client's circular turret roof peak. Their phone # is: (573) 374-7856.

This shows the main base cap formed to be 35.5" wide at a 12/12 pitch angle. I was able to make 14 sides in a single piece, then splice on the last 2 sides behind where it would not be seen in order to make it as seamless as possible.

This shows the preparation of the finial support pipe to connect with the peak of the main base cap. This is a 2" to 3/4" copper pipe reducer with a cap soldered underneath to seal this pipe and allow for an attachment with long copper rivets that will not get in the way of the brass rod that will sit inside this pipe.

Here is the way we attach and seal the bottom of the finial support pipe to the tip of the main base roof cap. After carefully checking the level I clamp it to the flanges of the roof cap center and solder it in place. Then I drill the holes for these extra long copper rivets to go through the 3 to 4 layers of copper.

This shows the cap base with the finial support pipe attached. The right photos shows the underside of this

These are caulked again from underneath over the seams and rivets to make certain they will never leak. I then covered the caulk with a special tape to shield it from oxygen to increase it's life span..

Then I do this over the top side that will not be seen once complete. This is a special caulk that cost about 4 times as much as the caulks you would find at the local hardware store.

This is the steeple cone drawn out on a sheet of copper to have 2 of the sides overlap. The second photo shows this cut out just before bending it into shape. The cuts along the bottom are for flanges to be bent underneath for riveting through to mount this steeple cone, so the rivets are not seen.

I weighed it without the blocks and screens. It was 24.5#, so that equates to 19.6 sq' of copper used to make it X $45 = $882.50. Here is the finished roof cap with the small antiqued copper Bass style weathervane they ordered with it.

Even though these are fairly light weight, I take crating very seriously. It is tricky to make a light weight crate that is also very sturdy and strong to shield the copper roof cap during shipping. The trucking company will most likely stack other boxes and containers onto of this crate to fill the truck as full as possible. So far none of these large crates have been damaged.

Cost: $882 for the roof cap copper
$125 for the finial support pipe
$65 for the roof vent blocks & screen
$246.50 for the Bass style finial and brass rod

$1,318.50 total w/weathervane, crate, & shipping