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Fitting new timber ridge poles and new code 6 lead to lead sheet association specification, in a difficult to access location.
Tag: leadwork
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Stepped lead flashing
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Installation of a traditional stepped lead flashing. No subcontractors used or required for this work.
Raggle joints cut out and ready for the newly formed lead.
Lead inserted and secured with traditional lead batts (not these crappy little lead clips that are faster but less secure).
Wetting the joints in preparation for pointing with hydraulic lime mortar.
Joints now pointed.
The rest of the pictures show the completed job. By this time the top strip of lead flashing was on, all lead was cleaned and treated with patination oil, and all raggles were pointed.
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Lead roof vent (lead burning & slating)
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This page shows the fabrication and installation of a lead roof vent which will, once a plumber has been to site, vent two bathrooms.
The vent was installed on a high castle roof but no scaffold costs were incurred as we do not need scaffold for this kind of work.
Access, leadwork and slating were all handled by BCM Steeplejacks – no subcontractors were required, which helps to keep costs down.
This picture shows the vent on the bench during fabrication. The plastic pipe inside the outer lead pipe is there to give the plumber something to connect onto inside the attic.
Still on the bench but nearly complete.
We added a lead cowl to keep the rain out. The vent is now complete and ready to be installed into the roof.
Vent in position.
Slating around the vent.
These two pictures show the completed job.
Finally, here is the internal plastic pipe. This is what the plumber will connect the bathroom ventilation system onto.
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Code 8 lead flat roof repairs
This was a straight forward part of a larger job. There were two defective sections of lead on the roof that were soon going to crack and allow water through. We cut out the defective areas and lead burned new lead patches on.
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The defective areas before work commenced.
Defective lead cut out and area swept clean.
You cannot lead burn at all until all oxidization has been scraped off the lead (both the new lead and the old).
These last three pictures show the completed work. The area is now safe from leaks.
Contact Details
BCM Steeplejacks Ltd
21 St. Dunstans Park
Melrose
Roxburghshire
TD6 9LF