Lead Work & Flashing in Leicestershire

Lead is durable, malleable and weatherproof, which makes it ideal for sealing the complex junctions where standard tiles cannot — chimneys, valleys and wall abutments. Well-fitted lead can last 60+ years.

Yes. We replace stolen or damaged lead and can discuss anti-theft measures and alternatives where appropriate.

Usually age and thermal movement cracking the lead, lead that was originally too long without joints, or poor dressing. We replace with correctly sized, properly dressed lead.

Code 4 for flashings — the trade standard for the job. Correctly sized and fixed lead is what makes the difference between flashing that lasts decades and flashing that fails in five years.

Yes. The Victorian terraces of Hugglescote, Ellistown, Ibstock and Loughborough were built with lead valleys, chimney flashings and bay-window tops, and much of that original lead is now well past its working life — split at the laps, lifted by thermal movement or patched with mastic. Renewing it in the correct code lead with proper laps and fixings is what stops the leak coming back.

Yes. Where the rest of the roof is sound we can renew a single elevation or section in keeping with the original work, rather than replacing lead that still has years of life in it.

Our workmanship is guaranteed, and lead itself is one of the longest-lived roofing materials there is — decades of service when fitted correctly.