| Author | Message | ||
     Kurtis Hord Senior Member Username: Kwhord Post Number: 68 Registered: 10-2006 |
Tim is right on the money: regardless of the type of ridge you are using, a sheet metal finial of some kind is the best way to finish a section like that. It should be anchored to the framing somehow and have lightning protection as well. | ||
| Tim Dittmar Junior Member Username: Tim_dittmar Post Number: 14 Registered: 05-2008 |
Mike- it's difficult to pin down a term to answer your question- any of your choices doubtless would have a downside of some sort. A lot of the problem/s in slating come from workers not being fluent/highly skilled in the medium and work is executed that doesn't stand the test/s(time, weather, revisits to the roof for maintenance, repairs)- a 4-point hip is a chance to add distinctive trim(weathervane, crest, globe, lightning rod w/ trim, etc.)- any finishing with slate only would still have to be flashed(as per some of our former postings, check 'em) and the final pieces would reguire great craft of installation or face-nailing-see where I'm going? Decorative metalwork might be your least-ambiguous, simplest, least-crafty good all-around choice even if you slate most of the hips. Just re-accessing on a hip/slope like you've got is a problem in itself. If this were a steeple, etc. you would need desperately to get it right the first time. Perhaps you and/or your associate should call one of us consultants to get more bulk of details such as cost-benefit analysis and the like ... | ||
| Mike Maneri New member Username: Mike_maneri Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2008 |
Industry standard to convince an Architect of the proper termination | ||
| Kurtis Hord Senior Member Username: Kwhord Post Number: 65 Registered: 10-2006 |
Saddle, mitered, or sheet metal ridge? | ||
| Mike Maneri New member Username: Mike_maneri Post Number: 1 Registered: 07-2008 |
What is the prefered or proper way to terminate slate at a four hip peak? It is a 9:12 pitch |
