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Lead Work in Windsor & Berkshire

Traditional roof leadwork across Windsor, Berkshire and South West London: lead flashing, chimney lead, valleys, bay window tops and porch roofs, cut and dressed by hand. You can see our lead flashing on the Richmond clay roof in Our Work. Free written quotes, fully insured.

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Traditional leadwork

The Metal That Seals a Roof's Weak Points

Almost every leak we attend starts at a junction: where the roof meets a chimney, a wall, a window or another roof. Lead is what seals those junctions for the long term, and working it well is a skill in its own right. We handle:

  • Lead flashing: stepped, apron and cover flashings dressed into raked-out mortar joints and pointed up properly
  • Chimney lead: the back gutter, soakers and front apron that keep the most leak-prone junction on the house dry
  • Lead valleys: the channels where two roof slopes meet, carrying more water than any other part of the roof
  • Bay window tops: shaped lead coverings that protect the brickwork and joinery beneath
  • Porch roofs: small roofs with big exposure, lined and dressed to shed water cleanly

Our recent clay tile re-roof in Richmond included lead flashing work throughout, all photographed on the case study page. Free written quotes, fully insured, and our company workmanship guarantee on the finished lead.

Lead flashing on the Richmond clay tile re-roof by Seal Pro Roofing
Why lead

Why Lead Outlasts the Alternatives

Plastic and self-adhesive flashing products promise the same job for less. On a real roof, through real winters, they rarely deliver. Here is why we still fit lead.

Measured in Decades

Properly fitted lead regularly outlasts the roof covering around it. Synthetic flashings are often showing their age within a few years of fitting.

Moves With the Roof

Roofs expand in summer and contract in winter. Lead flexes with that movement; rigid and glued alternatives crack or peel at the edges instead.

Dresses Into Any Shape

Chimneys, bays and valleys are never flat or square. Lead can be worked by hand around every profile, giving a seal that tapes cannot match.

Locked Into the Wall

Real flashing is chased into the mortar joint and pointed, becoming part of the structure. Stick-on products rely on glue against weathered brick.

Right for Period Homes

On the clay and slate roofs common across our patch, lead is the detail these houses were built with, and the one that keeps their character.

Cheaper Over Its Life

A synthetic flashing that fails twice costs more than lead fitted once. On junction details, buying quality once is the economical choice.

Leadwork in the wild

See Our Lead Flashing on the Richmond Job

The clay tile re-roof we completed in Richmond included lead flashing work throughout the roof. Every image below is from a genuine job by our own team, within the areas we serve.

Our process

How Good Leadwork Gets Done

01

Inspect the Detail

We examine the flashing, valley or bay top up close, establish whether the lead has fatigued, lifted or was never right, and photograph it for you.

02

Specify & Quote

The right code of lead for the detail, the fixings and any tile reinstatement, all set out in a free written quote.

03

Cut & Dress

New lead cut, shaped and dressed by hand, chased into raked joints and pointed, with the covering reinstated around it.

04

Watertight, Guaranteed

The junction is checked, the site cleared, and the finished leadwork covered by our company workmanship guarantee.

Free written quote

Get a Leak-Prone Junction Sealed for Good

Tell us where the water is showing and we will survey the leadwork and quote in writing, free. Active leak? Call either number, we answer around the clock.

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Tell us about the job, we usually reply within the hour.

No spam, no obligation. We only use your details to contact you about your quote.

Prefer to talk? Speak to Cornelius on 07777 735785 or 01753 415 442

FAQs

Lead Work Questions, Answered

Lead is malleable enough to be dressed tightly into brick joints and over awkward profiles, it copes with the constant expansion and contraction of a roof without splitting, and properly fitted lead regularly outlasts the roof covering around it. Self-adhesive substitutes are quicker to fit but tend to lift, shrink and fail at exactly the junctions where a roof needs protection most. Fitted right, lead is the cheaper option over the life of the roof.
Look for flashing that has lifted or pulled out of the mortar joint, splits or fatigue cracks across the lead, and damp appearing inside the house at junctions: beside the chimney breast, along an abutting wall or at the edge of an extension roof. Leaks at these points are nearly always a flashing detail, not the tiles themselves.
Usually, yes. Flashings, valleys and bay tops can all be renewed as stand-alone repairs where the surrounding covering is sound. We lift only what is needed, fit the new lead, and reinstate the tiles or slates around it. If the survey shows the covering itself is at the end of its life, we will tell you straight rather than sell you a repair that will not hold.
Yes. Lead sheet comes in graded thicknesses called codes, and different details need different codes: what suits a small apron flashing is not what a trafficked valley or a bay top needs. We select the code to match the detail and its exposure, which is a large part of why leadwork lasts as long as it does.
Our clay tile re-roof in Richmond included lead flashing work throughout, and the full photo set is on the case study page in Our Work. All of our project photos are from real jobs we completed locally, so what you see there is exactly the standard you will get.
Reviews

Skilled Hands, Say Our Customers

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"Seal Pro Roofing did an outstanding job on our roof. The staff were courteous and clearly skilled. They worked efficiently and completed the job to a high standard. Everything was left clean and tidy. Excellent service overall."

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"Seal Pro Roofing did a superb job on our roof replacement. They were punctual, tidy and kept us informed throughout. The workmanship was excellent and the price was fair. Very impressed with their customer service and would happily use them again in future."

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