Do this for all 1 5mtr lengths.
How to install lead flashing on a pitched roof.
Here is a guide on how to install lead flashing to your roof.
Recaulk the joints between the roof and the flashing.
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.
Cut lead sheets to the regulation required length of 1 5mtr on the ground.
To fit the lead flashing onto the roof lead dressing tools can be used.
Fasten loose nails and cover exposed nail heads with roofing cement.
Fixing of lead sheet flashings fixings to abutment walls.
Measuring lead roof flashing for a pitched roof.
It may be quite a labor but it pays off with a strong roof.
How to fix lead flashings.
Any longer than 1 2 metres long and the lead will be harder to shape and more likely to split over time.
Renew flashing seals by chipping out old caulking and mortar along the edges of the flashing.
Shape the lead flashing.
Now cut a piece of milled lead to around 1 2m long with the measured distance as the width of the lead.
Dress the lead to the required angle with a lead beater.
If a pitched roof is abutting a wall there are three measurements required when cutting and bending the lead work.
It s much easier to reseal the flashing than it is to patch a water stained wall or ceiling.
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.
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.
Accurately predicting the performance of a roofing material initially.