Installing Lead Flashing On Tiled Roof

Install an aluminum sublayer around the chimney or vent and have the flashing extend 6 inches up the sides of the chimney.

Installing lead flashing on tiled roof.

Apron flashings if you are new to roofing or fitting roof flashings this really is a bread and butter place to start master this and the slightly more difficult flashings like step flashings will seem a lot easier. Having taken the measurements on the roof of the required folds in the lead to fit the job being done using a length of timber mark out the lead along the width of the roll to fold it. Shape the lead flashing. Cut lead sheets to the regulation required length of 1 5mtr on the ground.

Now cut a piece of milled lead to around 1 2m long with the measured distance as the width of the lead. Any longer than 1 2 metres long and the lead will be harder to shape and more likely to split over time. Create a pan effect with the flashing folding it to extend 2 inches under the clay tiles. When fitting cover flashings to a flat roof like the.

Dress the lead to the required angle with a lead beater. Click pic to enlarge the video below will show you how to fit lead roof flashing like the ones seen in the picture above.