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  <title><![CDATA[Copper Wave Works]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Copper Wave Works makes hand-hammered copper sinks, range hoods, guttering, and custom metalwork in Montpelier, Vermont. Built to order, priced honestly.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Copper Garden Planters Through a Vermont Winter]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Copper handles cold well. The metal itself is not damaged by freezing temperatures. It expands and contracts with the cold, but the gauge I use for planters is thick enough that this does not cause cracking or splitting. The risk in a Vermont winter is not the copper; it is the soil and water inside the planter.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to Size a Copper Range Hood for Your Kitchen]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The most common mistake people make when ordering a range hood is focusing on the duct opening and ignoring the visual proportions. A hood that vents correctly but looks too small for the ceiling height, or too wide for the range below it, is a disappointment. Getting the sizing right is mostly a matter of knowing which measurements to take and in what order.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:12:49 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How Copper Patina Develops on Outdoor Pieces]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[If you have ever looked at an old copper roof and wondered how it got that particular shade of blue-green, the answer is chemistry and time. And not much else. Copper reacts with oxygen, water, and airborne compounds to form a surface layer called patina. On an outdoor piece in Vermont, that process starts the moment the copper is exposed to rain.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:33:17 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Choosing the Right Copper Gauge for a Kitchen Sink]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Gauge is one of those terms that gets thrown around in metalwork without much explanation. For copper sheet, a lower gauge number means thicker metal. 16-gauge copper is about 1.3 millimetres thick. 18-gauge is about 1.0 millimetre. The difference sounds small, but in a kitchen sink that gets daily use, it matters.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:47:40 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Copper Guttering vs Painted Steel: A Practical Comparison]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The most common objection to copper guttering is the price. Painted steel or aluminium guttering is cheaper to buy and install, and for a lot of homeowners that is the end of the conversation. But the upfront cost is only part of the picture, and in a climate like Vermont's. With freeze-thaw cycles, heavy snow loads, and wet springs. The lifespan difference between copper and painted steel is significant.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What Hand-Raising Copper Actually Means]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[When I describe a sink or a bowl as hand-raised, I am not using it as a marketing term. It refers to a specific technique: shaping a flat sheet of metal into a three-dimensional form by working it over a stake or anvil with a hammer, gradually moving the metal rather than cutting and joining it. It is slower than fabrication, and the result looks and feels different.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 18:41:32 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Caring for a Copper Kitchen Sink Day to Day]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Copper sinks are not high-maintenance, but they are different from stainless steel. The surface is alive in a way that stainless is not. It responds to what you put on it, and it changes colour over time. Most of that change is normal and expected. A few things will damage the surface in ways that are harder to reverse.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:57:47 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What Happens When You Commission a Custom Copper Piece]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Most of what comes out of this workshop is custom work. That word can mean anything from 'a standard sink in a non-standard size' to 'a cupola for a 19th-century barn that needs to match a historical photograph.' The process is roughly the same either way, and it is worth knowing what to expect before you get in touch.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:01:34 GMT</pubDate>
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