| If you have seen the beauty a roof weather | | | | people like to eyeball this, but it's much smarter to |
| vane can offer to your home you may have | | | | use a real level to make sure. Better to do it |
| thought about putting one on your own. But then | | | | once than have to keep climbing back up on the |
| came the problem how do you do it? It's not like | | | | roof to make readjustments. |
| rigging up a bunch of holiday lights, there's a heck | | | | 3. Side Mount - Don't want to play on the roof |
| of a lot of more work involved to putting roof | | | | too much. This attachment will let you set up roof |
| weather vanes in place. But it's not out of the | | | | weather vanes while just on a ladder along the |
| question. | | | | side of the house. A side mount attaches to the |
| Here are three ways to install roof weather | | | | end caps of your house where the eaves meet. |
| vanes. | | | | An L-shaped tube comes from a plate that is |
| 1. Copulas - If you want the full look of copulas | | | | fastened to the house and you can install the roof |
| and roof weather vanes you will need to first | | | | weather vanes inside that bracket. Instead of |
| decide on the copula you want on top of your | | | | being able to put the roof weather vanes in the |
| home. Many copulas can either be mounted to the | | | | middle of your roof, they will be relegated to the |
| top of your roof (to one of the joists) or | | | | side of the house, but that also can make them |
| attached to a board just above the roof. The | | | | more visible from the ground. This is especially |
| important thing is to make sure this part is well | | | | true if you have a two-story or taller house |
| mounted as it will be the piece responsible for | | | | where it's harder to see what's on the roof. |
| holding everything in place. | | | | One final consideration in selecting roof weather |
| 2. Roof Mount - If you don't want the expense or | | | | vanes is to select one that matches your house |
| work involved in adding a copula to your house, | | | | and the roof in size. If you have a large home or |
| you may want to try this form of attaching roof | | | | a very tall house, you are going to need to look |
| weather vanes to your home. A roof mount will | | | | at larger roof weather vanes to avoid them |
| use a 'V' shaped bracket that will sit on your roof | | | | looking too dinky on the top of the house. It may |
| and be screwed into an anchor point. It's | | | | look great up close, but you need to think of how |
| important to make sure this is installed right, so | | | | far away you will be when you're seeing it. |
| your weather vane will operate properly. Before | | | | Measure the size of the weather vane and stand |
| you fasten it down, put the weather vane in it | | | | at least 20-30 feet away to get an idea how it |
| and check to see if it's level. Off-level roof | | | | will look when you have it installed. |
| weather vanes don't work properly. A lot of | | | | |