A bell tower we are working on

9 frames up and poor access. This is a fun one!

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/20110318?authkey=Gv1sRgCKfbgtuDqp61gAE#5585596194705100018

That works.

I didn't realize it was at the curve. I've been doing a small roof too. Hard to believe I didn't get those two last panels cut to match though! :ohmy:

My pan former.

Not meaning to steal the thread, but thought I'd share since I was in the mood.

Here's how I keep warm.

Thanks Tinner. We used stainless steel screws into the rafters for this one, and then another cleat in between each of them. The "pinch" occured at the top where the structure was starting to curve at the top of our straight panel. It went in about 1" at the top and that caused the panel to crease a bit when we pulled it in. We had to work with what we had, and there was not much of a way to change it. It was mechanical lock too, and that will hold everything together better than a snap lock. Interesting one to work on.

A helpful tip OS.

When working in cold weather, I allow 1/8" or so gap to prevent the pinch, and when the weather warms up, the panels fill the gap, without any bind.

Goes to prove the 2 cleats to a nail, cleats 8" to 12" o.c. are unnecessary. I just overkill everything, don't I???

You got it right this time, again nice job. I was wondering wher the tower was? :S PC

What the hell! That is not what I put on there. That is a job I am inspecting and it has nothing to do with the bell tower. I wish I knew how to make this work every time. Let's try this one.

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/20110318?authkey=Gv1sRgCKfbgtuDqp61gAE#

Looks good, Old School. Is the hip metal stainless? Did you have your scaffold all around that tower?

You did a good job on that mural, too. B)

worked just fine, nice pictures, good job PC

Hey, we finished it the other day, and I got some more pictures to show you. I hope this works this time.

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/DouglasAndSonsPaintStore?authkey=Gv1sRgCOrNwKPlzeyOHg#5596299002182145538

We went down there today and finished the copper work and tore down most of the scaffold. I hauled a load back and have pictues in my camera. Now I have to get them downloaded and on the coffee shop. It was windy and cold down there today!

Yeah Copper, I know. The insurance company would not pay to do it all right. We are polishing a turd! An expensive turd, but a turd none the less.

We clipped and cleated the left side before we hooked the panels over them. That is all we had to work with. I told them, and this is all you can do. You can't make them "drink" as it were.

expansion and contraction is almost always not considered when guys do this work. They think you can just nail it up there with a couple of cleats. That's why I pointed out the rivets. they wont stay. expansion will tear them apart.

Nice

Dawg, The tower was built in 1985, and it should last for 100 years+. With that said, it is blowing off. Nothing wrong with the copper, just the application. It is also applied over plywood, and the fasteners are letting go. That is our concern. We want to get underneath it and install fasteners into the solid wood supports if we can. I don't want to go through the panels, but that appears to be the only way to do it without taking everything down. As high up as it is, and as difficult as the access is, that would be really expensive. The church doesn't have the money either.

We have been dead in the water on this one for about two weeks waiting for the panels to be made. really frustrating, especially since I tried to make sure all was ready. Life will go on. Hopefully next week we will go down and finish it up and I will take a bunch of pictures.