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    Rivco in Nashua has lots of cupolas.  I don't know how the
    prices are there.
    

    I cant help on price but just a plea for proportion. Ive seen so
    many totaly rediculious looking cupolas perched on rooftops. When
    you stand next to the nice looking coupla in the lumber yard it
    looks fine- try backing up about 75 feet and looking at it- it
    frequently winds up looking like a pimple on the roof.
    
    Just a plea for good proportion!
    Ron

Well, I've ordered one.  I was told that the best proportions are about 1 inch
of cupola to about 1 foot of roof.  Turned out that the book listing them showed
usages next to each model.  Oddly enough for a 24X24 roof they suggested either
a 27X27 (inch) short cupol or a 21X21 taller one.  I opted for the taller one
because it looked better, was suggested for a 2 car garage and the next bigger
size specifically said something about industrial size building.  But you ARE
indeed right about proportions.

About price, I found several merchants who give 10% off Brosco's list price.
In Mass I found mass hardware and in NH nashua lumber.  I had also called
Chagnon in Nashua and was told 15% off.  When i got there i was told they 
usually only give 10% but if I was quoted 15% over the phone they'd honor it.

The cupol lists for 264 and I got it for 15% off.  When the order was entered
into a CRT (wonders of modern science), I notice the clerk fill in a field for
COST of around $205 which quickly erased itself (not intended for customers but
I was too quick for them).  Says something interesting about the amount of 
markup on materials (around 30%) but I couldn't say if this is the standard
markup on everything.

-mark

    Anyone know where I might find a small in-expensive cupola for a
    garden shed? I live in the Nashua area but will travel.
    
    thanks
    Dan

    I think there were some in the cabinet store on 101A near Pizza
    Hut.  The place is on the other side of the street.  Sorry for the
    vague location, but I don't go there very often.

    Yes,Thats Rivco. I'll give them a try this weekend.
    
    Thanks
    Dan

re: cupolas and Rivco

They have strange hours on the weekend. Get there before noon on 
Saturday. There's a place in the Millyard that sells unpainted furniture 
and stuff. The also have inexpensive cupolas.

Chris

Ever see those DYI plans at your local lumber yard for garages, decks, dog
houses, picnic tables, etc?  I noticed they have them for cupolas as well.

Might be a fun project...

-mark

    
    
    
    Does anyone have or know where I can get plans to build a 
    "coopala" ??  I hope I spelled it correctly.  My folks want one
    for the top of their house and I thought I night look around for
    plans to build one.  Any help would be appreciated.
    
    drh
    

    Can you clarify?  You want to build a coopala what?  A coopala chairs,
    a coopala tables?  Most things can be built in pairs...:')
    

    Me thinks he wants to build a coopala cupola.
    
    -joe

    I have a small detail print of a Carriage shed Cupola. It may give
    you an idea, or at least a starting point. Send me your mail stop
    and I will send it out this coming week.
    
    Stan

    I know of a place that you can purchase a fairly elaborate cupola
    for about $235.  It is an octagonal ( 8 sided ) one that I put on
    the top of the gazebo that I built.
    
    I think that I still have the address etc., if you need it.  They
    are extremely difficult to build unless you are quite experienced.
    
    Maybe you are quite experienced .................
    
    
    Andy

    There's a cupola on a cape near PKO on Route 27 in Maynard, heading
    toward Sudbury, that is designed after the clock on the Mill.  The
    house is on the right hand side when driving toward Sudbury.
    
    I don't know who owns the house, but it must be a DECcie.
    
    Bo

    Nope, he is not a DECcie.  The man who built the cupola is (was)
    a good friend; he passed away about 2 years ago.  His son lives
    there now.
    
    
    Mark
    

    Moore's Lumber has plans to build just about anything including
    cupola's. I just bought a set just for a cupola for $5.00 and they are
    real easy to follow.
    
    Mike

    
    ANDY,
    
      I would appreciate the address if you can locate it.
    
    
    Thanks
    >Don<
    

    
    
    THere's a neat store in Mansfield Mass- on School street, just off rt
    140. The country store- combiation old time country store, furniture
    store, gift shop. the have a fantastic selection of cupolas- fancy,
    plain. wooden roofs, shingled roofs, weather vanes etc. IT's worth a
    drive just to go visit the place. The owners collect and restore old
    mechanical istruments- nickleodeons, player pianos, all kinds of stuff
    that are always playing.
    
     If nothing else you can get some good ideas. a simple one should noty
    be hard to make- a more complex one requires more skills than I can
    muster.
    
    

    There's a place in Center Conway, NH that sells cupolas.  I can't vouch
    for the selection or quality, but they were very nice when my wife
    asked for directions.

    I'm looking for sources for 2 things:
    
    1.  wrought iron weathervanes
    2.  building instructions for a cupola
    
    Can anyone advise a good place for these items.  I thought I'd
    check Home Depot 1st.
    
    BTW, I'm in Central Mass., so Mass. & Southern NH would be fine,
    as well as mail-order sources, as long as I can get them before
    Xmas.
    
    Thanx,
    Deb
    

    The gift shop at Old Sturbridge Village has copper ones which caught my
    eye.  They mail order and may have wrought iron ones, too.  
    
    Call first, it's been awhile since I've seen a catalog from them.

I get a catalog called "Wind and Weather" that has a lot of interesting
weathervanes.  See if CATALOGS has a reference - or else I'll post the number
here when I dig out the catalog.  (They also have sundials and other 
interesting outdoor objects.)

					Steve

    
    "Renovator's Supply" (catalog) has some beautiful copper and brass
    weathervanes. Check the CATALOGS conference.
    
    								- Mac

    I found mine at a yard sale at Cape Cod. Paid $40 which is very
    inexpensive. I priced copper ones in the $100-$1500 range for a new
    one............
    
                                                 -Steve

    
    	I saw plans for a cupola in my local True Value store in
    Whitinsville Ma  (Koopmans True Value)  They were in a rack of various
    backyard build it plans under the name (U CAN BUILD IT)   There were 
    2 sets of plans for $5.95, Both plans were square and pretty basic for 
    any home handyman.
    
    	I also have seen weathervanes in YANKEE MAGAZINE advertisements.
    
                                

Rivco on Amherst Street in Nashua carries both Cupolas and Weather Vanes,
but their prices aren't bargains.

    Can you post the # for Wind & Weather?
    
    Thanx,
    Deb

    and from the WWW (http://att.net/dir800):
    
    		800 922-9463 Wind & Weather (Mendocino CA) 
    

    
    
    	This may sound like a silly question, but can you install a cupola
    	over a ridge vent?
    
    	Stu
    

    
       I imagine you'd just have to notch out the wood to allow it to sit
    flush over the vent. That's what I was planning to do.
    
                   Mark

I would think it would be fairly simple to cut out the ridge vent
and fit the cupola between the cut out. The ridge vent is plastic
so a hacksaw would cut the shingle and the vent like butter.

nail down the ends of the vent and seal against the cupola with
roofing tar or silicone.

On my cupola the roof is cut out and screened inside so you get the
ultimate ventalation and no bugs.

my 2 cents

Randy

    I've recently seen Cupolas in Mill Stores on Amherst Street in Nashua.
    
    They have several sizes available beginning with 12" square on up.
    
    Prices vary of course, with the top-end model being around $88.00, add
    around $50.00 for copper trim.
    
    These are of course are unpainted and look as though they'd need a good
    finish sanding and dressing up prior to installation.
    
    Wrought-Iron weather vanes are also availble at this location.
    
    Hope this helps,
    
    
    Scott
                            

    Well, I finally found a good selection of weathervanes at National
    Glass on Park Ave. in Worcester.  I got a nice one with a schooner
    on the top.  Haven't found the cupola instructions yet, but I'm still
    looking.  (I don't want a ready-made one).
    
    Thanx for the help,
    Deb