[Chris R.]

Copper panels and slate roofing tiles going up today. Additionally it looks like they were soda blasting the back for some reason:

 

[Paclo]

Copper panels and slate roofing tiles going up today. Additionally it looks like they were soda blasting the back for some reason:View attachment 707827
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Great to see you back on UT Chris!

 

[Chronamut]

Ahh symmetry has been restored.. so nice.. so beautiful

I wonder if the dormers will still have the same look when finished as the old ones did?

 

[Chris R.]

More copper and slate

 

[Chronamut]

Hmm not sure I am liking the new dormers - is that copper facing going to stay or is something going over it? It didn't look that way in the original design or in their render.. I don't know much about modern dormer design admittedly.. it feels.. distracting..

 

[jta5]

Some close ups of the new dormers and roof from in and around the library:

 

[Chronamut]

Hmm.. what treatment did they do to those dormers, they were bright copper before, and now they are brown? I am curious to know the process.. either way it's better than the glaring brilliance of copper on them.. looking good!

Now let's put that cornice back up on the building on the left!

 

[Chris R.]

Hmm.. what treatment did they do to those dormers, they were bright copper before, and now they are brown? I am curious to know the process.. either way it's better than the glaring brilliance of copper on them.. looking good!

Now let's put that cornice back up on the building on the left!

Copper pretty quickly gains a patina that isn't the well known green, but a more brown colour. The photo above to me looks like that, though they may have added some chemical to have it gain that patina more quickly or maintain a more permanent colour.

 

[matt602]

That copper around the dormers is looking sharp. Very nice.

 

[Chronamut]

Copper pretty quickly gains a patina that isn't the well known green, but a more brown colour. The photo above to me looks like that, though they may have added some chemical to have it gain that patina more quickly or maintain a more permanent colour.
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Yeah I am thinking they did something to speed it along because the last picture shows it still gleaming pure copper but the ones above show the brown and the difference in tiles is not that great.

Will they eventually turn green though? ? I am not sure how great the "green on green" look will look.. hmm yeah looked it up and eventually it will turn green.

Only example I could find for green on green - doesn't look too bad I guess.

 

[Chris R.]