It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof.
How to install lead flashing on a pitched roof.
To fit the lead flashing onto the roof lead dressing tools can be used.
It s much easier to reseal the flashing than it is to patch a water stained wall or ceiling.
Here is a guide on how to install lead flashing to your roof.
Begin by removing the shingles at the affected area and removing old flashing if present.
How to fix lead flashings.
Cut lead sheets to the regulation required length of 1 5mtr on the ground.
Accurately predicting the performance of a roofing material initially.
The most common method of fixing lead flashings is to make a lead bung also known as a lead chock.
Fasten loose nails and cover exposed nail heads with roofing cement.
Having taken the measurements on the roof of the required folds in the lead to fit the job being done using a length of timber mark out the lead along the width of the roll to fold it.
Then nail the new l shaped flashing under the builder s felt but above the fascia board.
Dress the lead to the required angle with a lead beater.
Recaulk the joints between the roof and the flashing.
Measuring lead roof flashing for a pitched roof.
Shape the lead flashing.
Do this for all 1 5mtr lengths.
Fixing of lead sheet flashings fixings to abutment walls.
Use roofing nails to install the l shaped flashing flush with the roof and wall then cover it with roofing cement and reattach the roofer s felt.
Any longer than 1 2 metres long and the lead will be harder to shape and more likely to split over time.
This is made by rolling up a 25mm or less strip of lead into an oval shape just wider than the mortar chase you are fixing and then driving it below the surface of the bricks to form a wedge.