CBD's Copper Cupolas Photos & page

This section below are links to some cupolas that I've built and installed.

Below that are some examples of different styles made by the Amish community in Pennsylvania. They are just light duty vinyl cupolas in limited sizes. I am a retailer for these through Good Directions. Some assembly and painting to match required. The roofs are covered with just a paper thin 12oz copper foil that dents easily and may be prone to wind damage. They also have very fragile weathervane/finial mounts.

I can order them without the copper cover, in order to cover the roofs with a decent 20oz copper in stead for better durability. If you want a good weathervane/finial mount built into the roof that is also what I can help you with, so it will be a stronger weather tight mount.

Those images also can help give you stylistic ideas to have me build for you in any size that is built stronger to last.

Client: Edwards - 94" wide cupola, sides covered in aluminum, stainless steel screen, concave copper clad roof, a large Rooster style weathervane mounted. The roof construction is at least twice as strong a standard house construction with 13" centers, 3/4" plywood, high temp Water & Ice Shield underlayment, and 80 year 20oz copper cover sheeting. We called for a crane to lift this 600# cupola up over their 2 story house in Silverton, Oregon. This was installed 12/5/11 after spending over a month building it.

Cost: $8,160 delivered & installed + cost of crane operator - Silverton, Oregon (12/11)
To see all 68 photos and details about this project:
http://copper-by-design.com/cw/Edwards.html

Client: Bardana - Cupola for their Gazebo

This was a custom classic Tuscany style cupola I made for a local client in Lake Oswego, Oregon. It is 4' wide at the base and the roof is 5' wide for a 6" eave. The roof is designed to the same 6/12 roof pitch as the gazebo we mounted it on. I covered it in 20oz copper.

This cupola was built with 56 separate 2x4 boards that were angle cut, glued, and held together with screws. There are no nails. The eaves were made with 2x6 boards. There are 83 wood pieces to this cupola you see here. It is strong enough I am certain it could handle a full ton set on top of it.

We also coveried their entire 11' wide gazebo roof with new plywood and 20oz copper after stripping off the rotten wood shakes. This shot below is a few months after completion showing the early tarnishing of the new copper roof.

Cost: $7,500 complete installed (1/11)

To see all 70 photos and details of this project go to:
http://copper-by-design.com/rc/cp/Bardana.htm

This is built to cover the electric motor housing protruding up out the roof of their house after installing an elevator inside. I built and covered this turret with copper. This was built at least twice as strong as house construction; assembled with glue and predrilled holes for the screws. It weighs about 1,500# in all.

Cost: $17k for this 8' wide turret installed

For more detailed description 110 photos and 2 videos for this project click this link:
http://copper-by-design.com/cw/Brown-Umberger.html


Manchester	Dover
Coventry	Sherwood
Windsor	Guilford
Click on a picture of those you like for a little better look
Farmington	Arlington
Chesapeake	Alexandria
Oxford	Georgetown

These are also to provide you with different style options to work from for a custom copper cupola that you may want me to build. I could build something like these as a custom copper unit for you, but it would probably need a wood structure inside for added support. That may take longer, but well worth the wait.