The chimney and its flashings are the single most common source of roof leaks. We repoint, rebuild and re-dress with proper milled lead — including welded and decorative leadwork most firms won't touch.
Where the chimney meets the roof, water is always looking for a way in. The join has to be sealed with lead that is cut, dressed and lapped correctly — not smeared over with sand-and-cement, which cracks within a season and lets the wet straight through. If your leak is near a chimney, the flashing is the first place we look.
We use code-4 and code-5 milled lead, cut to size, dressed to the tile profile and chased into the brickwork the way it should be. Soakers, step flashings, aprons and back gutters — all formed to shed water where it belongs. It is slower and it is skilled, and it is the difference between a fix that lasts and one you call us back about.
Lead welding (lead burning) lets us form seamless, watertight joints and bespoke details that a folded lap simply can't achieve — the mark of a proper leadworker. From welded corners and outlets to decorative lead ridges and feature bosses on period and high-end properties, this is craftsmanship, and it's something we genuinely enjoy getting right.
Perished mortar joints, spalled bricks and leaning stacks are common on older Bristol chimneys. We repoint, rebuild and re-cap as needed, and can remove a redundant stack and make the roof good if it is no longer wanted.
Tell us what's going on and we'll get back to you fast — usually same day.
Nine times out of ten it is failed flashing — usually an old mortar fillet that has cracked. Replacing it with correctly dressed lead solves it for good.
Lead welding (lead burning) fuses lead together for a seamless, watertight joint — used for complex junctions, outlets and decorative details. It's a specialist skill that gives a far stronger, neater result than folded lead alone.
Yes. We can take a redundant stack down to below roof level and tile over the opening so the roofline is sound and watertight.
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