The first pieces of Toledo go up
The first pieces of Toledo roofing went up today. I could see that this was not as easy as regular zinc roofing. The overlap on the Toledo has to be precise and it needs even pressure from the screws holding it down so it doesn't appear warped.
We are looking south here and the first sheet is centered on the hip roof that spans the master bedroom to the left and the master bathroom to the right. To left, Cecilio's brother looks on as well as FiFi standing centered. The fellow up on the roof is a deaf mute but, to his credit, he is a highly skilled worker.
As you can see here the Toledo is bowed. That will straighten out as roofing screws are applied. The fine wire on either side is to hold the insulation in place under the Toledo.
This is a closer view of the Toledo being screwed down to the cariolas.
Oops! There is another one of those PoPos,(Hibiscus) from Explorador in Boquete.
This shows the first valley being formed between the hip roof over the master bedroom to the great room and patio.
This is an underside view which shows the insulation under the Toledo roofing. The thin metal squares you see are to hold the insulation in place and keep it from sagging. The insulation is used to deaden the sound of rain striking the Toledo roofing.
This thing is an end cap (tapón) and fits at the end of the ridge caps (caballete) which cover the roof peaks. This started out as tapón sencillo - flat end cap. But I wanted rounded quarter spherical end cap or tapón redondo. What I didn't know when I started all this is that this item is non existent for Toledo roofing. Sometimes, and no comments please, I won't take no for an answer. With a little Yankee ingenuity and the prodding of a local welder, I got my tapón redondo. In fact, I got ten of them.
This is the front view of the end cap and as you can see it is the rough shape of a quarter of a sphere which is what I wanted to achieve. The long piece behind the end cap is the ridge cap or caballete. On either side of the end cap are two flanges which allow the cap to be screwed down in place. Prior to putting the end caps in place, they will be painted the same color as the ridge caps and Toledo roofing. So ends the quest for the elusive tapón redondo.