Lead is where most roofs leak, and where most roofers cut corners. PW Roofing does proper code 4 and code 5 leadwork: flashings, soakers, valleys and chimney details done by hand the way they should be. We also re-point, re-flaunch and rebuild chimneys that have started to crumble. Get the lead right and the rest of the roof looks after itself.
Scope changes with the roof, but these are the things PW Roofing does as standard on any lead & chimney work job across South Wales.
Code 4 and code 5 lead dressed properly around chimneys, abutments and parapets. Stepped and cover flashings that actually shed water.
Lead soakers behind tiles and slates, and lead-lined valleys formed and lapped the traditional way for a watertight, long-lasting finish.
Crumbling mortar raked out and re-pointed, and the flaunching around the pots renewed so they stay solid in a Welsh winter.
Where a stack is beyond pointing, we take it down to a sound course and rebuild it, re-using or replacing the pots and re-leading as we go.
Because the joints between the roof and anything sticking through it, chimneys, walls, dormers, are where water finds its way in. Good leadwork is the difference between a dry roof and a recurring leak.
Almost always. Most chimney leaks come down to failed flashing, gaps in the flaunching or cracked pointing. We sort the lead and the masonry together so it does not come back.
Yes, if a stack is redundant we can take it down and make the roof good over the gap, weathertight and matched into the existing tiles or slate.
From Bridgend out to Cardiff and Swansea, plus the valleys north of the M4. Free quotes anywhere we cover.
A quick call with Paul is usually enough to size up a lead & chimney work job and get you a price. No pressure, no pushy sales.