Manufactured from code 4 lead slate with varying base sizes lead weathering slates create a seal for pipe penetrations and access through tiled and slate roofs.
Slate roof lead flashing.
Lead flashing rolls our high quality lead flashing rolls have been chosen to suit any slate roof or lead flashing project.
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Lead slates including lead flexislate and lead weathering slates are available here from calder.
The cover the amount of lead that covers the tiles or slates beneath to make them waterproof.
Lead flashing has been used for hundreds of years in situations such as where a roof meets a wall on a roof valley around other penetrations such as chimneys pipes and around window and door openings.
Lead flashing is a piece of milled lead that sits between joints to create a durable and weathertight seal.
Lead bottle flashingjohn gilbertthis type of joint is used to form a flashing between two different roof finishes.
Each piece of flashing is secured into a joint in the brickwork as per bs6915 at 450mm maximum centres see page 6.
The drawing here shows a lead bottle flashing used to cover the join between a slate and tiled roof.
The lead is folded tight over a timber roll.
Use a straight piece of batten to mark a line 25mm from the top edge of each flashing piece and then bend the lead with the use of the dresser to form a 25mm turn into the brickwork.
This is the same method as used.
This video shows how to make the basic step flashing that covers lead soakers as used where a roof abuts a wall for both slates and double overlapping plain tiles.
This flashing is 10 inches long x 8 inches wide on 8 x16 hip slates.
Sides to the channel are made by folding the lead over strips of timber.
The flashing is folded lengthwise in half 4 inches each side.
Sometimes called the overlap.
Roof windows 7 range.
Blm lead flashing sheet code 3 6m x 240mm blue grey.
We stock a range of hugely popular cost effective lead flashing rolls in different sizes from blm and midland lead.
Mortar is not a satisfactory long term pointing.
Known for high quality lead calder offers our customers lead weathering slates in 30 degree 45 degree and 90 degree pitches.
If you re going to nail through the lower slate drill first with a 3 16 inch masonry bit and use a 2 5 inch copper roofing nail.