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Leadwork - Richmond TW9

Leadwork in Richmond

Chimney flashings, valleys, soakers and lead bay roofs, cut and dressed on site. Covering Richmond and Kew, Twickenham, Petersham.

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The work

Leadwork for Richmond homes

Richmond is a short run for us, so a look at a leadwork job here is a visit rather than a day of travel priced into the quote. We work across TW9 and out into Kew, Twickenham, Petersham, Ham, Barnes.

Lead lasts for decades when it is allowed to expand and contract. It fails when the bays are too long, the code is too thin, or somebody has run a bead of mastic along the top edge instead of chasing it into the joint.

We cut and dress lead on site: step and cover flashings to chimneys, soakers between slates and abutment walls, valley and box gutter linings, and the small lead roofs over bays and porches that are so common on West London houses.

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Lead soakers and a stepped flashing dressed into brickwork

What's included

What leadwork covers

  • Chimney flashings

    Step, cover and apron flashings chased into the joint and pointed, not glued on.

  • Valley linings

    Lead valleys laid on boarding with the correct laps and drips.

  • Soakers

    Individual soakers between slate or tile and an abutment wall.

  • Bay and porch roofs

    Small lead flat roofs re-covered with correctly sized bays and welted edges.

  • Box and parapet gutters

    Lined in lead with proper falls, drips and outlets.

The process

How a leadwork job runs in Richmond

  1. Step 01

    Find the actual leak

    Water travels. We trace it back to the detail that failed instead of sealing the nearest crack.

  2. Step 02

    Specify code and layout

    The right lead code and bay length for the position, so the new work does not fatigue like the old.

  3. Step 03

    Strip and dress

    Old lead lifted, substrate checked, new lead cut and dressed on site.

  4. Step 04

    Point and check

    Chases pointed, joints finished, and the detail tested under a hose where that is possible.

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Next step

Get a price for leadwork in Richmond

Send the form or ring 020 3128 7579. We will come and look at what you actually have, then put a figure in writing.

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Our work

Read the reviews, then look at the jobs

What customers have said about the work, collected from the places they left it.

Read customer feedback straight from our MyBuilder profile, where every review is tied to a job we were hired for, and see finished work on Instagram as it comes off the scaffold.

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Why TJM

Why Richmond customers use us for this

  • Lead gets dressed and fixed, never left patched with sealant as a finished job.
  • Correct bay lengths, so thermal movement does not split the sheet.
  • Old lead is stripped and taken away rather than left on the roof.
  • A leak is traced to its source before anything is quoted.
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A dressed lead detail at a flat roof upstand

The price

Leadwork costs

What leadwork costs comes down to what you actually have, not a price list. Two jobs that sound identical can be an hour of work or a week of it, which is why we do not price roofing over the phone. We come and look, then put a figure in writing.

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  • The lead code and the area to be covered.
  • Whether the substrate under an old lead roof has decayed.
  • How much wall needs chasing out and repointing.
  • Access, particularly on a parapet gutter or a high chimney.

On the job

Leadwork across Richmond

We cover Richmond TW9 and the streets around it - Kew, Twickenham, Petersham, Ham, Barnes - so most leadwork jobs here are a short journey rather than a day of travel priced into the quote.

If your job crosses into another trade, that is still one price and one person responsible for the order the work happens in. Roofing, brickwork, render and groundwork are all done in house.

  • Lead gets dressed and fixed, never left patched with sealant as a finished job.
  • Correct bay lengths, so thermal movement does not split the sheet.
  • Old lead is stripped and taken away rather than left on the roof.
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A lead covered roof with standing seams

Questions

Leadwork in Richmond: common questions

Still not sure? Ring and ask. It is usually quicker than typing it out, and you will speak to the person who would do the work.

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My chimney only leaks in driving rain. Is that the flashing?

Usually, yes. Wind-driven rain finds the top edge of a cover flashing that was never chased in, or a soaker that is too short. Both are lead faults and both are repairable without touching the rest of the roof.

Can you repair a split in my lead bay roof?

Sometimes it can be lead-welded, but a split usually means the bay is too long and the sheet is fatiguing. Re-covering that bay to the correct size lasts, where a patch tends to split again a metre further along.

Is there an alternative to lead?

There are proprietary flashing tapes and GRP details, and they have their place on a low-value or hard-to-reach spot. On a visible chimney or a valley we would rather fit lead, because it is what lasts.

How long should leadwork last?

Lead laid to the right code with correct bay lengths is a sixty-year-plus material, longer than the covering around it. Almost all the lead we replace failed because the bays were too long or the code too thin, not because it wore out.

Do you take the old lead away?

Yes, stripped lead leaves site with us. It has a scrap value and that is reflected in the quote, so you are not paying to dispose of something that is worth money.

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