Warning: The new public library in Springfield has a roof detail you should check out

I was there last Thursday picking up a book for my kid and I looked up. The whole entryway has this standing seam metal roof, but the way they flashed it into the brick facade is super clean. They used a custom bent piece of copper that's maybe 8 inches wide, tucked under the last seam and then mortared into a cut groove in the brick. No exposed fasteners, no caulk bead. It looked like it was poured in place. I've been on roofs for 12 years and I've never seen a transition that tidy on a big public building. Has anyone tried a similar method on a residential scale, or is that overkill for a house?

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haydenj9019d agoProlific Poster

Try that copper detail on a dormer.

noah_davis19d ago

Yeah, that's the real test. Saw a place over on Maple where they did it, and the patina against the slate roof was perfect. Makes a standard dormer look custom.