I used a plant pot to cover the finial and then felted it over.
How to felt a hexagonal roof.
The finishing brass finial was cobbled together from a doorknob and the base of a discarded brass vase.
We have found the value of a which defines a point on the underside of the triangular panel directly under the roof s apex we know that when 2 planks meet at some angle the bevel will be the same right along the edge.
I positioned the cross members to coincide with the plywood roofing pieces.
Fitting iko shnigles on a tuin pryramid log cabin or gazebo roof.
Roofing felt comes in rolls that feature pre marked lines 2 to 3 inches from the top and bottom edges.
Unroll the felt so that the lines are facing upward.
The rest of the roof was fairly standard dpc plywood roofing felt then asphalt shingles.
Felt roof ridge measure the distance between the final courses of shingles on either side of the roof in order to ensure that there will be sufficient overlap of the ridge detailing membrane.
On the final course of shingles make sure that no more than 145mm 135mm for fish scale of the tab will be exposed once the detailing ridge material has.