Lead Roof Tiles

It is shaped to prevent wind lift.

Lead roof tiles. 30 day money back guarantee. Copper was used for the same purpose. A scaffold tower has been used for access in this video. The roofers have used lead to seal the flat ridge area of a tile roof lead to provide step flashing and counter flashing against an abutting building masonry wall and lead flashing also around a small skylight set into the tile roof.

Lead flashing is not a diy product as it takes years of experience to perfect installing a full lead roof. Whilst shaping some of the oldest and most beautiful architecture lead is regularly used in more modest commercial and domestic roofing too from whole roof coverings porches turrets and parapet roofing to modern roof waterproofing details like flashings valleys and gutters. Concrete tiles which are usually lighter than clay tiles can easily place over 10 pounds of weight per square foot on a roof. Lead which is sometimes used for church roofs was most commonly used as flashing in valleys and around chimneys on domestic roofs particularly those of slate.

This video shows how to repoint a lead roof valley. If you are adding tiles to a roof that did not previously have them or to a design which did not originally incorporate them the roof may not be capable of carrying the excess weight. Never try and work on a roof from a ladder as a. Apple pay accepted in store.

Clips to hold lead permanently in position. Buy online collect in hundreds of stores in as little as 1 minute. Wood core roll is to be used to allow for the expansion and contraction in lead sheet and 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.