Rotunda Copper Roof

A stunning lakeside rotunda takes center stage and while it houses state of the art amenities inside the existing roof had major issues.

Rotunda copper roof.

The heart of the precinct is a lake side rotunda which has been re roofed using morin s morzip copper standing seam metal roof panels. White planned for the copper dome to be painted white but that never happened and it developed a whitish green patina. Josaphat milwaukee wisconsin. During the recent renovation roofers from w a.

The rotunda at the university of virginia was designed by thomas jefferson. A landmark in the brussels skyline the apex of it s green patinated copper dome roof rises up to 292 feet 89 meters above the ground. Part of the decision to use morin s products was the strong. But still the roof leaked.

The rotunda s construction began in 1822 but was not completed until shortly after jefferson s death in 1826. First built in 1984 for the previous tenants the original copper roof was erroneously mixed with galvanized steel fasteners which over time led to galvanic corrosion also known as electrolytic corrosion. This church with it s sturdy brick and concrete reinforced structure features a large copper roof dome and two slender towers with smaller copper roof domes. The copper plates gave way to galvanized steel panels which were painted white.

The workers also replaced the oculus in the center of the dome roof. They applied more than 4 000 pieces of copper weighing a total of six tons to the steep sloped stepped dome.