Custom copper siding panels

Custom home in Stinson Beach. Worked on it as a sub-contractor under AEL Sheetmetal. Copper siding was an exciting new method to perfect. There was also a lot of stainless steel flashing around the rest of the property including the large stainless fasia design element .

retrofitting a custom vent into a copper shingled roof

working with zinc

A couple jobs from the past.

These are a couple interesting and involved jobs from my time working as an employee of AEL Sheetmetal. Lots of copper flashing details through out.

Glass room repairs

Replaced old rotten wood battens with new copper ones . The copper covers new high temp bituthene.

Custom gutter screens

Copper screens for copper gutters .

A Few Interior Details

Here are a few interior details . A copper back splash  behind a bathroom sink, a galvanized steel cabinet built into the bathroom wall to increase storage space, copper crown molding in a bathroom and a bronze port hole window trimmed out in copper.

The shop

Living roof home with copper awning

This is a home Peter Smith Construction built last year in Bolinas. The living roof is surrounded by parapet wall with a copper cap. The skylights were sheathed in interlocking copper panels that allow for expansion and contraction. There was a standing seem copper awning built off one side of the house. The marine air quickly gave the copper a nice red tone. 

Pipe hand railing

This is a relatively simple pipe hand railing design using 1.5 inch  coper pipe. The end caps and vertical portion of pipe were soldered together then soldered to the sheet metal cap. They were then lag screwed and caulked down with fender washers inside the pipe to add more strength to the hold downs. The rest of the railing was then built in place.  The spaces in the railing are there to allow for  expansion of the copper.  I feared that if done in one continuous piece the railing would pull itself free of the sheet metal cap and wall.

Simple, effective skylight flashing

A simple and effective skylight flashing application in a corrugated roof. The ridge cap has not yet been installed. When the application and or the budget calls for a get it done with out the frills, galvanized steel to the rescue.  

The copper chimney

 A fun job I did recently for Peacock Designs . A custom home in Bolinas. 20 inch OD stainless flue pipe wrapped in copper with custom 32 oz copper wall supports and spark arrestor. Copper parapet cap. Custom kitchen hood wall vent cap.

More garden art

Creative outlets are a good change of pace. They have yet to pay a bill. Someday I hope to match the beauty of a macrocystis blade flowing in the current.

Fun with boats

Always an exercise in patience, working in boats is a balance of tight tolerances, small budgets, and creative  problem solving. I have a lot of respect for those who do it well and even more for those who can make a living at it. Wood stove stainless steel heat shield, spark arrestor, copper sink and tiny tot stove with stainless heat shield.