The Gasper Turret Roof Cap w/Full Scallop Tails
Lehighton, Pennsylvania (5/08)

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Updated 5-25-2008

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This is a pair of copper caps for John & Sue Gasper in Lehighton, Pennsylvania for their 8 sided turrets on their house. This shows how I was able to form 7 sides in one piece and the other overlapping single sided back section in the other piece. This main base section supports the bottom of the finial support pipe, where the steeple cone supports the top of this pipe.

This shows the steeple cone formed with the base section in the background that has been caulked over the solder 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.

The underside shot shows the wood blocks in place with the copper screen attached with stainless steel staples. The underside has been recaulked over the seams and rivets. All the screw holes in the blocks were pre-drilled, so they will not crack and split. These black painted wood blocks were made to be used as 1.5" spacers for venting the roof under the cap, as well as giving the roof cap bottom design edges a better visual distinction than if they were to just lay flat on the roofing. Each block has a pair of holes drilled and counter sunk for the 3" deck screws to lock them to the roof.

These photos shows the steeple cone attached and sealed at the top with a copper plumbing pipe reducer to cover the top of the steeple cone and soldered in place to hold the top of the finial support pipe in place to have a strong hold for the next century of stormy weather. It has a 54" tall Victoria style finial with a solid brass mast rod inside.

This shows the crate I custom built for this roof cap with 2 sides yet to attach.

The final cost was $1,316.50 w/54" Victoria finial, crate and shipping

They saved $284.50 from this for the added copper I used over the quoted price.

From: "John Gasper" <jsgasper@ptd.n*t>
Subject: Re: Custom Turret Roof Cap Fabrication
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008

It is beautiful!  Thank you.  We will send you pictures as soon as we get it up there...a few weeks before our roof guy can come.

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