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Leadwork and Roof Flashing in Swanscombe
Leadwork and roof flashing across Swanscombe and the DA10 postcode area. Step flashings, soakers, valleys and aprons.
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Leadwork and Roof Flashing in Swanscombe, DA10
Terraced roofs run continuous valleys between houses and carry stacks on the party wall, so one failed length of lead often puts water into two homes.
Covering Swanscombe and the surrounding DA10 postcode area. Your approved roofer provides a written quote with the scope set out before any work starts, and will raise anything found once the covering is lifted before carrying on.
Professional Process
What Work Is Involved?
Stepped flashing to walls and abutments
Chimney soakers, aprons and back gutters
Lead valleys and parapet gutters
Replacing cracked cement fillets with lead
Re-forming over-long lead into shorter lengths
Dormer, bay and porch leadwork
Why book with us
Why Choose Us for Leadwork and Roof Flashing in Swanscombe
We cover Swanscombe and the DA10 postcode area. The rest of Dartford is covered too, so an address just outside the town is still in range. Our approved roofing specialists handle leadwork and roof flashing in Swanscombe, and they are fully insured and appropriately qualified for work at height. We do not quote for leadwork and roof flashing without seeing the roof first, and the quote sets the scope out in writing rather than handing you a bare figure. Lead splits down the middle when it is laid in lengths that are too long, so the size of each piece matters as much as the code of lead used.
Lead, Not A Cement Fillet
Cement and lead move at different rates, so a fillet used in place of lead cracks and then holds water against the joint rather than shedding it. Where one is found it is replaced, not sealed again.
Short Lengths, Room To Move
Lead moves every day the sun is on it. Pieces are kept short enough to take that movement and fixed so it has somewhere to go, which is why an over-long flashing splits down the middle.
The Right Code For The Detail
A soaker, a stepped flashing and a valley take different thicknesses of lead. The code is chosen for the detail and the exposure rather than for whatever happens to be on the van.
Access Sorted Before The Date
Most roof work needs scaffolding or a tower, and it is arranged as part of the job rather than left for you to organise. Where access crosses a neighbour's ground, that is agreed before anything goes up.
The Site Left As It Was Found
Old tiles, felt and nails come off the roof and go with us. Gardens, drives and gutters are cleared at the end of each day rather than only at the end of the job.
Answerable After The Scaffold Comes Down
Finishing the job is not the end of it. If something is not right once the scaffold is down, you call the same number you called first and it gets looked at.
Serving the Area
Quarry era terraces ringed by old chalk pits, many of them still on their original nails and mortar.