Here is the photo of their gazebo they had built just off the house porch integrated into the house roof. They wanted one of my nice copper roof caps and Avalon finial made for our client James Meyers in Machipongo, Virginia. He reported their gazebo roof has a 14.5/12 pitch, so I built the roof cap to be 16/12 pitch to make sure the bottom edges would sit flat on the roofing. This roof is 14' wide, so at 1/6 scale this cap is to be 28" wide plus the tails below that, and this is what I made them.

For some reason I had it in my head that he wanted the Points style tails and had been sending them photos of the step-by-step progress you see below. He never said a word. When it was complete and I was writing up the invoice with the price adjustment; I saw how I was way off from the estimated weight. That is when I discovered this mistake. I had to ask him what we should do about this, besides how this would also require a much lager crate, which means higher shipping charges as well. He was OK with me sending this cap to them, but was unwilling to split the $400 difference in cost, so I had to start from scratch and make him a new roof cap like he had ordered.

It was a shame, since as you can see in these photos this was the first set of Points style tails I had done with a safety hem all along the bottom edges. Above is the 6 sides of 8 for this large roof cap base section drawn out on the copper sheet and cut out with the Points style tails.

This roof cap is available for quick sale at 20% off if it happens to fit your needs (finial sold seperately).

Here is the Soft Scallop style tails copper roof cap they had ordered being built. Since the tails were a lot shorter I was able to get all 8 sides in one piece, so there is only this one single seam to seal and rivet together.

Here is this sections attached to the bottom of the finial support pipe.

Here is some close up shots of the bonding and sealing of the tip of these sections to the base of the finial support pipe. I covered the clear caulk with this tape to help seal it from the oxygen to prolong it's life span. this area should actually never get wet, but I figure what is the harm of overkill in every aspect of what I do.

Then I cover this with the matching steeple cone that is riveted to the base cap through the tab bent under the bottom edge of the steeple cone. This steeple cone also is to hold the top of this finial support pipe in place through the harshest wind storms.

 After finishing this I moved them outside to get some better shots out in the daylight. Here is the copper Avalon finial they wanted set in place. They can still easily change it out for a different finial or weathervane they like better.

Here is the copper roof cap in place on the base of the custom crate I made for it. The boards are glued and screwed together and then the 1/4" thick hardwood plywood sheets are attached to this frame with the same Gorilla Glue and sheetrock screws.

The finished product 1. 

 
Checking the fit from ground view.

 Drilling the pilot holes for the SS screws.

Polishing the finial ball before installation.

Removing the clear protective film 2.

Installing the finial ball. 

The final weights for ths cap is 17.2#  X .8 = 13.76 sq' X $50 = $688. This was still more than the original quote, so there was no discount, but they did get $68 worth of free copper/shipping.

$620 for the copper
+ $125 for the finial support pipe built inside
+ $170 for the 22" Avelon finial w/15% discount

$915 total cost of this set delivered less the $457.50 deposit = $457.50 balance

Below is a photo of our
Better Business Bureau's
NW Business Integrity Award
for the year 1998

We were also a 1997 finalist for this same award. See our referral web page to see how we managed to be honored with this special award