The Laminated Ridge is 3" thick and 14" tall.
A copper cap has been laid along the top side for protection. Read below how Ray fabricated it!
| Joe, I've attached a photo of the ridge beam just before it was wrapped up, taken to the azumaya, and set in place. It shows the copper "cap" that I'm fairly happy with, once I figured out how to do it. This info may be useful for people who might want to do the same thing, simply and relatively cheaply. The problem: although it can be found readily in 4" wide (or larger) rolls, even in Ace or Home Depot stores, "standard" (23-gauge; 0.023 inch thick) copper flashing stock can't easily be bent perpendicular to a radius without badly distorting/crimping the edges. It CAN be done commercially, but not anywhere around where I live. The curvature requires a set of "radius" rollers in addition to the extrusion rollers that do the opposite-side right-angle bends. The simple solution: I bought a 12.5 inch wide, 15 foot long roll of 30-gauge (0.01 inch) copper sheet, cut a 3 3/4 inch strip, clamped it firmly to the top of the ridge beam (using the original cut-out piece), and then simply bent the sides manually, using a rubber mallet. Some pilot holes were drilled along the edges and the thing was firmly attached with copper tacks (although, since I folded the two ends over, it would have been tight enough without tacking). It's edges are not perfectly smooth but they're far better than I could have done with standard copper sheet flashing, and this was far cheaper than having it custom bent in Boston and then transporting it back as a 12-foot-long floppy object. The remaining roll gives me enough copper for the ridge beam/roof flashing and also for flashing the bottoms of those two triangular hip openings. The (internet) source: Storm Copper Components, Decatur, TN (about $62 for the 15-foot roll, although copper prices have shot up recently). Ray |
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