RIDGE VENTS

Properly installed ridge vents provide air flow through your attic allowing for temperatures to balance between the attic interior and the outside environment.

SOFFIT VENTS

Soffit vents allow the intake of air into your crawlspace or attic through venting in your eaves and overhangs.

ICE and WATER SHIELD

Sometimes called weatherguard or weathershield, ice and water shield is a rubberized material that comes in a roll just like felt paper.

Pop Riveting

Using your pop rivet gun for assembling gutter pieces

When joining your copper endcaps, miters and seams it's often necessary to use pop rivets.
They provide the strength while soldering your copper seams will make your gutter water tight as well.



Pop rivets have a shaft that you insert thru a drilled hole. The rivet shaft has a preformed head on
one end of the shaft. The long piece extending from one end of the rivet is called the mandrel.



Open Ended Rivets Closed End Rivets Aluminum Rivet


Not the greatest choice for gutters, but is available in aluminum, copper and stainless

Great for watertight applications, try and find similar material as your gutter.
Good for large holes to fill. Only for aluminum use.





The mandrel is placed inside the nose of the rivet tool while the rivet shaft is placed into the hole
in your copper. When the pop rivet tool is squeezed, the mandrel is pulled through the shaft where a ball on
the other end compresses the shaft into a rivet head. The mandrel is then broken off creating a secure rivet.
Use a hammer to flatten any extending mandrel you may see.



Most rivets are available with different head styles from flanged, domed or countersunk finishes.