Creating a Lake

[/pine]

I would consider some type of sealed membrane that can be covered with anything of your choice...maybe even some standing seam or sheet copper but getting a conventional type of roofing to last a long time may be a challenge...

 

[bindian]

Copper colored metal would be cool also.
hugs, Brandi

 

[EddieWalker]

Cedar shingles are on order from Lowes. Funny how I couldn't get them from the lumber yard, but Lowes has them. I wanted 8 squares, and they had about half that on hand, so I ordered them and will pick them up some time next week.

I'm either going to do the cupola in custom cut shingles with round bottoms, or something else. I've been looking at sheets of copper and thinking about cutting them for shingles, but after showing Karen pics of copper roofs, she said she doesn't like the look of the green when it patinas. That's what I was liking and hoping it happened quickly, so since we are not in agreement on that and she is very much against it, I'm still googling other options. I probably wont commit to anything on the cupola until I get the main roof done. Then see what we like and go from there.

Eddie

 

[Western]

Eddie, Copper colored tin is cheaper and wont turn "Green". Even Aluminum ,red or Green colored tin would look good with cedar, but not to the degree of copper IMO. Black are darker shingles also goes well with cedar if the portion is more of an accent.

What about rusted tin (petina'd)? Saw that on many multimillion dollar homes I worked in, in Colorado.

 

[Depmandog]

Eddie

This site claims to have made the first ever copper sheeting that will never patina and can't be scratched.

Alsa Metals

From my quick phone search, I couldn't find pricing or even a product listing (other than the application listing), but if this is what the soon to be Mrs. wants, might be worth a call to see how much and where it can be obtained.

Love your work!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I like cedar but all it takes is 1 bottle rocket or roman candle....

 

[EddieWalker]

Copper is out. I want the patina, she only likes it when it's shiny, which I don't like. We both like the opposite thing with copper and if it makes on of us happy and not the other, then it's the wrong thing to use. I don't want shiny, that goes against everything I've imagined for this. She likes the shiny look of copper, but agrees with me that making it too bright will ruin the final look that we are wanting for it.

The more I look at pictures online, the more I'm leaning towards custom cutting each shingle for the onion dome. Nothing else gives me the warm and fuzzies. LOL


Eddie

 

[/pine]

There are lots of different looks using slate and glazed tiles for roof applications...

 

[jimmyj]

Wow I haven't read this thread in a while and that structure is awesome! As usual thanks for sharing Eddie.

 

[Jisgren]

There are some interesting ideas on this site

Steam Bent Shingles