Slate Roof Lead Flashing

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.

What is lead flashing. The flashing is folded lengthwise in half 4 inches each side. Each piece of flashing is secured into a joint in the brickwork as per bs6915 at 450mm maximum centres see page 6. Known for high quality lead calder offers our customers lead weathering slates in 30 degree 45 degree and 90 degree pitches.

The cover the amount of lead that covers the tiles or slates beneath to make them waterproof. 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. Sometimes called the overlap. This flashing is 10 inches long x 8 inches wide on 8 x16 hip slates.

Mortar is not a satisfactory long term pointing. Trade sign in or apply for trade prices. 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. Apron flashings these are standard lead flashings to a tiled roof or slate roof and consist of the 3 measurements as described above wherever a roof meets a wall.

Lead slates including lead flexislate and lead weathering slates are available here from calder. Lead bottle flashingjohn gilbertthis type of joint is used to form a flashing between two different roof finishes. The drawing here shows a lead bottle flashing used to cover the join between a slate and tiled roof. Lead flashing rolls our high quality lead flashing rolls have been chosen to suit any slate roof or lead flashing project.

The lead is folded tight over a timber roll. Velux edl sk06 0000 single flashing for slate 114 x 118cm. Eaves protector 1 fixing clip 1 lead flashing 16. This is the same method as used.

Sides to the channel are made by folding the lead over strips of timber. Blm lead flashing sheet code 3 6m x 240mm blue grey. 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. Lead flashing is a piece of milled lead that sits between joints to create a durable and weathertight seal.