General information about Cupolas 

1. Cupolas have been bringing warmth, tradition, and charm to homes and businesses throughout America for hundreds of years while providing vital ventilation functions.
2. Addition of a cupola creates a new roofline to your home, garage, barn or gazebo. Proportioned to your home, it creates an asymmetrical appeal and streamlines your outside buildings to look their absolute best.
3. Cupolas remove excess heat from your home attic or barn. They are usually installed on rooftops, the most efficient location for removing hot air and moisture. By removing the moisture, cupolas eliminate wood rot, mildew and mold growth, and musty odor.

When buying a cupola there are two major factors:

1.     Size
• The size of the cupola is determined by the length and width of the building. Basic rule of thumb for every foot of unbroken roof line, you need an inch length on the cupola. Example: 24 feet would be 24 inch cupola.
• If building higher than one story, we recommend a larger cupola.
• Cupola bases are designed to accommodate different roof pitches of the structure it will sit upon.
• Window cupolas may look smaller than the same-sized louvered cupola on any building. Because they are more delicate looking.
• If the building greater than 100 feet in length, use multiple cupolas. A solution would be to have a larger one in the middle with two smaller ones at each end or two cupolas one at each end.

2. Architectural compatibility with the structure 

Examples:  Types of cupola for different building styles: 

* Raised Center Barn, Pagoda style cupola is most suitable

* Buildings with gambrel roof, Bell style cupola is more appropriate

* Colonial style home, Bell Style Cupola is more appropriate

* French Country Home, Pagoda Style cupola is more appropriate

Installation of Cupolas

      Has your eye ever been caught by a picture so beautiful you can't look away? The cupolas and weathervanes sold by Prairie Rose Country do just that. Whenever one gazes upon them a second glance is generated. Cupolas add stateliness and a focal point to the buildings upon which they are placed. Built to provide a view, to ventilate, or provide light, while others can be strictly ornamental. Although all cupolas are ornamental, ours are built functional, by circulating air to naturally ventilate the structure they sit upon. Prairie Rose Country cupolas arrive completely sealed, caulked, and painted interior and exterior by quality craftsman. Each cupola arrives with detailed instructions on how to install with telephone assistance available the day of installation.