How to Build a Cupola: Step-by-Step Pictures and Instructions

Text by Mac Wentz, Photography by Robert Brantley and Mike Krivit
This cupola may look like the work of a master carpenter, but it is an intermediate-level project. Read an introduction to the tools, techniques, materials, and approximate cost for building a cupola.
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Build a cupola, with maintenance-saving features, for about $150 -- less than half the cost of a similar manufactured model.
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Good article, but there are some possible problems that aren't addressed. 1. The cupola should be properly grounded with a Class I or Class II lightning protection cable, extending from a U.L. approved air terminal to a properly installed ground rod. Check local codes. 2. The 3" screws that are shown anchoring the cupola are insufficient for the wind loads on this size cupola. Use through bolts. 3. When you open a hole in the roof, blow in rain can enter too through louver blades.

By dengland57, on 06/02/2009

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