Church Steeple Removal & Repair

CIS Steeplejacks church steeple removal and repair services since 1976. Michael Hardin and crew travel nationwide providing professional and safe removal, installations and repair. CIS offers consultation, inspection and discount pricing on new fiberglass and or aluminum steeples. Please fee free to contact us and speak with a specialist today.

We are a nationwide steeplejack company we offer church steeple removal and repair services in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Including the cities of New York, NY - Los Angeles, CA - Chicago, IL - Houston, TX - Philadelphia, PA - San Diego, CA - Detroit, MI - Dallas, TX - Phoenix, AZ - San Antonio, TX - San Jose, CA - Baltimore, MD - Indianapolis, IN - San Francisco, CA - Jacksonville, FL - Columbus, OH - Milwaukee, WI - Memphis, TN - Washington, DC - Boston, MA - Seattle, WA - St. Louis, MO - Atlanta, GA - Pittsburgh, PA - Minneapolis, MN - Miami, FL - Tampa, FL / We specialize in church steeple painting roofing repair rigging cleaning restoration and renovation.

Storm Damage - by CIS Steeplejack

Storm damage is the destructive effect of ice, lightning, rain and wind caused by storms and other inclement weather such as hurricanes, ice storms and tornadoes.

Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced Thursday that statewide damage from Monday’s deadly storms will cost an estimated $50 million. At least six storm-related deaths were reported following thunderstorms and high winds that toppled trees and power lines across Georgia. According to the National Weather Service, a tornado touched down in Eastman.

When your steeple, cupola, bell tower and or clock tower is damaged by strong storms - WE CAN HELP - Feel free to contact us for all of your church steeple, cupola and tower repairs and or restoration.

We have worked with all major insurance companies, nationwide.

Michael Hardin CIS Steeplejack http://www.steepleusa.com/

Spire & Cupola Restoration & Repairs

Spires are traditionally white, which is a carryover from the American colonial times when wood and labor were plentiful, says the Religious Products News website. Metal was scarce in the early colonies, but wood was abundant. Wooden structures typically were whitewashed for protection, along with any cornice or trimmings. This same tradition applied to church towers. The biggest drawback of wooden church steeples was that they became weather-beaten over time. But labor was easily available and affordable to the early American settlers, and church congregations could afford the frequent maintenance on their wooden spires and cupolas.

CIS Steeplejacks is a nationwide steeplejack company we offer spire, cupola and church steeple repair services in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. Including the cities of New York, NY - Chicago, IL - Houston, TX - Philadelphia, PA - San Diego, CA - Detroit, MI - Dallas, TX - Phoenix, AZ - San Antonio, TX - Baltimore, MD - Indianapolis, IN - Jacksonville, FL - Columbus, OH - Memphis, TN - Washington, DC - Boston, MA - St. Louis, MO - Atlanta, GA - Pittsburgh, PA - Minneapolis, MN - Orlando, FL - Tampa, FL – New Orleans, LA - Tunica, MS – Nashville, TN - Chicago, IL – Fishkill, NY

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Roof Leak? Need Painting? CIS Steeplejacks

Though our cupola and steeple has been maintained and painted over the years, CIS Steeplejack recommendations and keen eye for detail and knowledge of what needed to be done was the most positive thing I've heard and seen in many years as the chairperson of our Properties Committee. My knowledge of the Steeple, its make-up, its history and maintenance goes back 30 years. It was refreshing to not only talk to someone who knows what to do, but see the work first hand being done step-by-step as you took me and anyone up to see the progress. Nothing was disguised or hidden. In the situation of steeple repairs, a quick fix would be easy to hide. This sure was not the case at Parma-South!

If you have a leaky steeple, cupola, tower or dome - feel free to contact me.

Sharing - My Knowledge - My Experience


Michael Hardin
mailto:info@steepleusa.com
Website: http://www.steepleusa.com/

Copper Cladding, Cupola, Finial and Steeple Specialist ǀ by CIS Steeplejack

CIS Nationwide Steeplejack @ www.steepleusa.com/contact.htm for all of your Copper Cupola, Finial, Steeple and Architechtural Metal projects. CIS provides 25 years of knowledge and experience in copper metal finials, cladding, roofing, domes, cupolas and steeple repair, restoration and installation nationwide. Helping to save costs in high places!

There are four main techniques used today for copper cladding a building:

Seamed-cladding (typically 0.7mm thick copper sheet on the facade): max 600mm by 4000mm 'seam centres'.

Shingle-cladding (typically made from 0.7mm thick copper sheet): max 600mm by 4000mm 'seam centres'.

Slot-in panels (typically made from 1.0mm thick copper sheet): max 350mm wide for 1.0mm, by nominal 4 mtr length.

Cassettes (typically made from 1.0mm up to 1.5mm thick copper sheet): largest-format cladding elements, more subframing is needed: can be 900mm x nominal 4000mm length.
When selecting size of a cladding element, take wind-loadings into account, and also consider the standard sizes available of the sheet (or coil) pre-material, to minimise material wastage through off-cuts. This helps reduce costs!

The choice of which system to use depends on the aesthetic effect required, and building geometry can also have an influence on the choice.

Copper cladding is very durable, lightweight compared to other materials and techniques, and at the end of the building life is also 100% recyclable.

Given the recent publicity about high metal prices, it may be surprising for most people to learn that copper is a very cost-effective cladding and roofing material. With good building design, materials choice and craftsmanship, copper roofing / facade cladding can be cheaper than slates or concrete tiles, especially when one takes into account the lasting colour, durability, maintenance-free and lightweight nature of the cladding.

Copper has been used as water-proof roofing material since ancient times, giving many old buildings their greenish roofs and domes. Initially copper oxide forms, replaced by cuprous and cupric sulfide, and finally by copper carbonate. The final copper sulfate patina (termed verdigris) is highly resistant to corrosion. Statuary: The Statue of Liberty, for example, contains 179,220 pounds (81.29 tonnes) of copper.

Alloyed with nickel, e.g. cupronickel and Monel, used as corrosive resistant materials in shipbuilding. Watt's steam engine firebox due to superior heat dissipation.

Copper compounds in liquid form are used as a wood preservative, particularly in treating original portion of structures during restoration of damage due to dry rot.

Copper wires may be placed over non-conductive roofing materials to discourage the growth of moss. (Zinc may also be used for this purpose.)

Copper is used to prevent a building being directly struck by lightning. High above the roof, copper spikes (lightning rods) are connected to a very thick copper cable which leads to a large metal plate underneath the ground. The electric current is dispersed throughout the ground harmlessly, instead of destroying the main structure. Lead free solder, alloyed with tin.
Copper has good corrosion resistance, but not as good as gold. It has excellent brazing and soldering properties and can also be welded, although best results are obtained with gas metal arc welding.

CIS Steeplejack
http://www.steepleusa.com/
(P) 330-461-6251
Email: info@steepleusa.com

Cupola Restoration Painting and Repairs ǀ by CIS Steeplejack

CIS Nationwide Steeplejack @ www.steepleusa.com/contact.htm for all of your Cupola Restoration Painting and Repair projects. CIS provides 25 years of knowledge and experiencein cupola repir and restoration in all 50 states. Helping to save on cost in high places! Speak to a specialist today! Call: 330-461-6251 6am-6pm est. Thank you!

In architecture, a cupola (pronounced /ˈkjuːpələ/) is a small, most-often dome -like structure, on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.The word derives, via Italian, from the lower Latin cupula (classical latin cupella from the greek κύπελλον kupellon) small cup (Latin cupa) indicating a vault resembling an upside down cup. Cupolas often appear as small buildings in their own right. They often serve as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere above a main roof. In other cases they may crown a tower, spire, or turret. The chhatri, seen in Indian architecture, fits the definition of a cupola when it is used atop a larger structure.

The cupola is a development of the oculus, an ancient device found in roman architecture, but with the cupola being weatherproof it is superior for the wetter climates of northern Europe, which were influential during the Renaissance.

CIS Steeplejack
Michael Hardin
www.steepleusa.com
(P) 330-461-6251
Email: info@steepleusa.com