Home in the Earth | 38.5 Skylight Copper @SimonHomeintheEarth | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
This video covers the relatively small task of making copper flashing (shingles) for the skylights on our earth sheltered house.
I used an $80 roll of copper valley flashing from Menards and cut & folded it in a Harbor Freight Press Break Roll.
The pieces were primarily attached to each-other using folded seams, but then I also soldered them with an MAP torch. I was not very good at the soldering. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The shingles are attached to the underlying treated wood frame with copper nails (bought in the plumbing department) that were drilled thru the copper sheet and then hammered into the wood.
You can learn more about our Earth sheltered home project at homeintheearth.com
This video covers the relatively small task of making copper flashing (shingles) for the skylights on our earth sheltered house.
I used an $80 roll of copper valley flashing from Menards and cut & folded it in a Harbor Freight Press Break Roll.
The pieces were primarily attached to each-other using folded seams, but then I also soldered them with an MAP torch. I was not very good at the soldering. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The shingles are attached to the underlying treated wood frame with copper nails (bought in the plumbing department) that were drilled thru the copper sheet and then hammered into the wood.
You can learn more about our Earth sheltered home project at homeintheearth.com
