A luxury home in Vaughan designed by Richard Mann Architect Inc. and built by Bachly Construction. We installed a lead coated copper standing seam roof, a Soprema 2-ply modified bitumen flat roof, and custom copper gutters, downpipes, fascia and soffit.
The client and architect wanted an exotic metal for the roof and gutters, and chose lead coated copper. Exotic metals are installed to last, and copper has been used on buildings for centuries. Historical building practices are the highest standard for installing it.
We followed those practices: no solder or caulking on the roof, and every piece of standing seam double locked together for a watertight seal. All hips and valleys are double locked. We folded each panel at the change of slope transition rather than joining two pieces, which avoids a connection and weak point there. This is very difficult to do.
We installed a breather mat to create an air gap under the copper, which is good practice for exotic metals. At the perimeter of the flat roofs we built a custom box detail drip edge to match the drawings from Richard Mann Architect. All flat roofs received a Soprema 2-ply modified bitumen system. We also custom fabricated and soldered all the lead coated copper gutters, downpipes, fascia and soffit.
Scope of work
10 itemsSoprema Flat Roof System
Metal Roof System
Gutters, Downpipes, Soffits & Fascia
Double-locked copper with no solder or caulking
We installed the lead coated copper using historical building practices. Every standing seam piece, hip and valley is double locked, and each panel is folded at the change of slope transition instead of being joined.
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