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Michael De Petro

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Dove Cote

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Dove Cote

This is my first attempt at designing and building a dove cote for a gardener friend. She wanted to add a dove cote to her English garden to be a focal point. After finally figuring out the roof and 441 hand made cedar shingles, it has been completed and installed.

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8 Comments

Jack King commented over 9 years ago

That is luxury dovecote, I know your friend will love it.

Jack

Michael De Petro commented over 9 years ago

Thanks guys my struggles with the roof finally paid off after I figured it out.

a1jim commented over 9 years ago

This is great ,that roof looks like a real challenge.

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Wheaties - Bruce A Wheatcroft ( BAW Woodworking) commented over 9 years ago

That is a fantastic job on the roof , really nice Dove cot .

Wheaties

Mike40 commented over 9 years ago

Great work on this Michael. The roof is really quite special and looks wonderful too. I wish I could get Cedar here.

Mike, an American living in Norway

Thorreain commented over 9 years ago

Very nice work. The roof looks awesome, that sure must have been a challenge.

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!

Michael De Petro commented over 9 years ago

The biggest problem with the roof was trying to figure out the angles the shingles had to cut to fit the cone. It was a different angle for each row up the roof. Once I got that,
the rest was a breeze. A lot of glue used to hold the shingles in place. Thank you to everyone for the kind comments.

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