Leadwork Wall Flashings | Valleys Gulleys | Hips | Ridges

Lead Flashings 

Leadwork has been used in the industrial, commercial and domestic building industry for a very long time and adorns the roofs of a wide variety of properties, such as churches, offices, factories, public buildings and domestic homes throughout the United Kingdom.

Because of its durability, longevity and the fact that it is Eco friendly, repair services can easily recycle or reuse, it has remained a popular material that builders often prefer to use as apposed to other modern building materials that do not have the distinct advantages of lead.

Lead has long been established as a long-life building material. It is extremely malleable and can easily be dressed as flashings to fit the multi-curved contours of many old and modern building materials, particularly brickwork and chimneys, concrete, slate and clay tiled roofs.

Other common uses include valleys, gulley's, chimney back gutters, hips, saddles, ridges and wall flashings. However, it is essential to follow a few basic rules while working with lead:

Fixings should hold the lead securely in position without any restrictions to thermal movement. With lead flashings, a regular expansion joint will overcome the restriction caused by lead wedging along one side.

Nails and screws should have a similar life expectancy to that of the lead, therefore copper, brass or stainless steel should be used, but galvanised or aluminium fixings should never be used.

Joints must allow for thermal movement but also remain watertight for the position where they are used. For example, it is a wise rule of thumb never to use welts or laps to join pieces of the gutters lead lining, the correct use for the joint is to have a drip.

Lead is commonly used for:

  • Aprons and cover flashings.
  • Lead hips and ridges.
  • Gulleys and pitched valleys.
  • Weatherings to cornices, parapets etc.
  • Lead slates and saddles.
  • chimney back gutters
  • Parapet, box and tapered gutter
  • Lead Flashings


We care about our professional reputation and want to avoid callbacks. We have achieved this quite simply by always using quality materials that are made to last.

Remember, lead is a fine, long-life material . . . but only when used and installed correctly.

Highly Skilled Roofers

We have over 25 years of experience in the building and roofing service industry. We are confident when offering you a guarantee on all the work that is carried by our Roofers, pointers, plumbers, bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, plasterers and all tradesmen.

Enabling you to choose a flexible time scale for your requirements (within any 24 hour period) through out the entire year gives you a very professional workforce who are competent, efficient and extremely reliable at all times. The entire work force will always strive to achieve 100% customer satisfaction. Find us here: Colchester Flat Roofing

gutter repairs

As part of our extensive selection of gutter repairs, cleaning and replacement services, we are offering all of our customers more than 25 years experience and expertise.

Small jobs such as repairing and replacing uPVC gutters, downpipes, soffit, barge boards and fascias are always a pleasure.

We are more than happy to offer free surveys and insurance quotations for the domestic, commercial and industrial sectors.

All repair work, replacements and new installations are fully guaranteed.

Quick Contact

Enter your name
E-mail address
Subject
Enter your message
Enter Verification Code

Roof Repairs Colchester - Domestic Commercial & Industrial Properties. Essex & Suffolk regions covered!

New installations, leaking flat roofs, slated and tiled, ridge tile repair or replacement, verges, hips, a pitched and flat-roof cleaning service. Rainwater Goods - guttering and downpipes repaired or replaced, cleaned, guards and soil pipes fitted. Brickwork - Removing, rebuilding and repointing chimneys, pots removed or replaced, gas cowls and vents fitted. Leadwork - Valleys, gulleys, saddles, wall lead flashings supplied and fixed. uPVC Products - Barge boards, cladding, fascias, soffits, capping boards and ventilation. Dangerous Materials - Asbestos sheeting repaired, cleaned or safely removed.

Roof RepairsLeadworkFlat RoofsBrickwork

Follow us on

Essex & Suffolk Roof Repairs

189 Friday Wood Green, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8XG : Telephone:  01206 628 744 - Mobile: 07740 264 794.