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hi-
I recently toured a (nearly square) house built around 1840 that had a standing seam metal roof. The pitch and rise were about the same on all four sides (pretty shallow), but when you backed away from the house you could see that instead of being hipped and coming to a ridge line, there was an almost square, raised panel at the very top. (see attached picture)
It must have been an at least 5' x 8' metal panel, and though perhaps raised at the very center, it was still pretty flat pretty flat.
What would this panel be called?
I have looked high and low for an answer.
Thanks in advance for your time and knowlege :)
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Um, I don't think there's a name specifically for the metal pan that is up there now. Chances are, at one point, there was either a little room built up on top there (perhaps called a cupola) or there was what was called a widow's walk up there and when it was removed, someone bent that sheet metal piece to cover over the hole.
It's also possible this was used for roof access but I am guessing there was a cupola or widow's walk at one time.
Widow's walks were so named because supposedly wives would go up there an look out to sea in order to hopefully spot their hubbies returning safely from the ocean.
4/2/2006
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