Trying the piece on the roof...
This is the pattern for the small edge of the roof extension...
Once Jim was happy with the fit and design of the pieces, it was time to make them in copper. You can't afford to waste any copper, so it's another design challenge to try and get the pattern pieces to fit well on the copper.
Cutting a piece of copper to work with...
Jim had to unfold his pattern pieces and lay them out on the copper...
Perfect copper pieces!
The copper pieces after all the various bends and hems have been added.
There are so many pieces that have to be done in a precise order so that the water flow is correct (every piece always has to be overlapped!) as well as done in the right order to be able to move on. Jim needs to do 5 things at once!
Once he got the rake boards cut yesterday, he painted the bare ends this morning and then started putting them up in the afternoon. Another challenge - these pieces of wood are pretty hefty so it's very difficult to hold them in place and get them fastened while standing sideways on the steep roof! Jim came up with some temporary blocking to help hold the pieces until he could get them fastened.
We had one more piece of plywood up in the apartment area. Jim cut it in half upstairs and then brought the pieces down so that he could make more backing pieces for the rake boards.
He then cut the board into the right size strips. I marked them and then got to use my newly-discovered drill talents to drill the pilot holes.
Putting up the next piece of rake board...
Jim uses his special clamp to hold the board tight against the roof.
The saw that Kyle & Julia bought for Jim a few years ago now has a home in the workshop. It makes cutting these boards so much easier.
Once the sun went down a bit, it was time to install the copper pieces. Apologies for these pictures - I was standing two stories below so it's hard to get a good perspective! The smaller piece goes against the wall first.
Jim nails it in place...
Jim designed these pieces so that the hems on both the top and bottom pieces fit together - then he used his crimping tool to fasten them together.
Putting up the next piece - it fits so perfectly!
Before the final installation, Jim puts some caulk in key areas.
Nailing it in place...
This is the special piece of flashing Jim made to transition into the valley and roof pieces.
Thrilled with the way the copper flashing turned out, Jim spent the last few minutes doing a little scaffolding work. He'll have to build up higher in order to put the rake boards on the front.
End-of-the-day...hard to see the copper piece with all the scaffolding, but take my word for it - it's gorgeous!
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