Pergola w/ Copper Roof

We don't do much copper coat work around here but the Building Official in a little town near me wanted a copper colored metal roof put on the pergola by his pool. It's a shame it won't patina.

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Vaa - I'll concede your point. It used to be a pergola.>>>

You know, you are right. If you turn a well sideways, it would be a tunnel too.>>>

So there!! If it is steel, then you don't have to worry about anyone trying to steal it for its "copper" value anyway. No sense trying to pour horse urine on it either. All that would do is mnake is stink!>>>

Vaa - Well I knew it wasn't arugula. :laugh:

Pergola - A pergola is a garden feature forming a shaded walk or passageway of pillars that support cross beams and a sturdy open lattice, upon which woody vines are trained. As a type of gazebo, it may also be part of a building, as protection for an open terrace. The origin of the word is the Late Latin pergula, referring to a projecting eave.[1] The English term was borrowed from Italian. It was mentioned in an Italian context in 1645 and used in an English context in 1675.

Pergolas may link pavilions, may extend from a building's door to an open garden feature such as an isolated terrace or pool, or may be entirely free-standing structures providing shelter and shade to a length of walkway.

Pergolas are more permanent architectural features than the green tunnels of late medieval and early Renaissance gardens, which were often formed of springy "withies"—easily replaced shoots of willow or hazel—bound together at the heads to form a series of arches, then loosely woven with long slats, on which climbers were grown, to make a passage that was both cool and shaded and moderately dry in a shower. At Villa Petraia, inner and outer curving segments of such green walks, the forerunners of pergolas, give structure to the pattern, which can be viewed from the long terrace above it, and provide rare privacy in a teeming household, offering leafy glimpses into an orderly paradise, a formally-planted enclosed orchard that consciously recalled the Garden of Eden before Adam's Fall.

The clearly artificial nature of the pergola made it fall from favor in the naturalistic gardening styles of the 18th and 19th century, but handsome pergolas on brick and stone pillars with powerful cross-beams were a feature of the gardens designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll and epitomize their trademark of firm structure luxuriantly planted.

Modern pergola designs tend to favor wood over stone structures, and are thus more affordable and increasing in popularity. Generally, pergolas are either made from a weather-resistant wood, such as Red Cedar or Redwood, or are painted white. >>>

Looks like work well done (would like to see it change). Better have a gun this would be taken piece by piece in the northeast.>>>

wywoody - The Building Officials base salary is $110,000 plus benefits. His wife owns a real estate company and I think that is where the real money comes from.

Old School - Yes. It's 24 gage painted Galvalume. It only looks dark because I was concerned about the reflection of the flash and consequently didn't use it.

elcid - I've never tried horse urine. :laugh: We've always used muriatic acid. It's about $1 a gallon and a gallon goes a long way (perhaps 3000 sq. ft.). So . . . . if I had a big job and wanted to save a few dollars I might try hanging around a horse stable with a bucket and hoping to catch some urine. :laugh: Actually, I would never do it. It just makes me laugh thinking about a couple of roofers trying to catch horse urine in a bucket. :laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywiwXAfMN_Q

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We did a copper koisk about 50 years ago that required a patina. We did it by going to the Fairmount Park Guard stables and acquired urine from the horses, that was applied to the surface. Turned green shortly thereafter.>>>

The guy looks to be doing pretty well for a small town building official. Does he take a little on the side to overlook violations?>>>

Kinda dark isn't it? Is that steel?>>>