Leadwork in Kent

Leadwork in Kent

Lead is where roofs most often leak, and where bad work shows fastest. A flashing that's stuck on with mastic instead of chased into the wall will fail. A valley laid in pieces too large will split. Done properly, leadwork outlasts the tiles around it.

We fit lead the traditional way: correct codes for each position, pieces sized so the metal can move, edges welted, flashings chased into the mortar joint and pointed. It's slower than the shortcut, which is exactly why it lasts.

Kent's older housing stock is full of lead: chimney flashings and aprons, valley gutters between roofs, soakers along abutments, dormer cheeks and box gutters behind parapets. Much of what we replace was fitted wrong or has simply reached the end of its life.