Lead Work & Flashing in Cranleigh

You end up with a chimney that stays dry in a westerly, a valley that runs clear, and no more brown ring spreading across the bedroom ceiling.

Scott has spent more than 36 years on Surrey roofs and still answers the phone himself, and the same roofers who dress your lead also handle flat roofing in Cranleigh, so the detailing and the deck are done by one team.

Call 07428 300474 and talk it through with someone who does the work.

Lead Roofing Installation

Lead work and flashing is the detailing that seals the joints on a roof, and done properly it stops water getting in for decades. We install new lead at chimneys, valleys, abutments, parapets, dormers and bay tops across Cranleigh.

Most leaks we're called to aren't broken tiles. They're tired lead, or lead that was never dressed right in the first place. Mortar smeared over a joint instead of a proper chase and wedge. Sheets cut too long, so they buckle and split at the fold. We do it to Lead Sheet Association guidance, with the right code of lead for the job and bays sized so the metal can move.

Chimneys, abutments and valleys

Chimney work takes front and back gutters, soakers stepped into the courses, and an apron that sits flat. Valleys need enough width and a proper fall. On the older tile-hung places off Horsham Road we often find valleys lined too short at the head, which pushes water sideways under the tiles.

New lead on existing roofs

If your tiles are sound and only the flashing has failed, we'll say that. It's a smaller job, and there's no sense selling you a roof you don't need. We fix the lead, check the fixings against BS 5534, and leave the rest alone.

Lead Welding and Detailing in Cranleigh

Lead welding, sometimes called lead burning, joins sheets without solder or sealant. It's how you form a proper corner on a box gutter, a soaker at an awkward pitch, or a chimney back gutter that has to turn a bend. We do this on site, hot work managed carefully, on a board and away from anything that catches.

Whether you need lead work & flashing in Cranleigh or lead work & flashing in Woking, we cover the whole area, with the same roofers on both jobs.

Lead Roof Replacement and Restoration

Flat lead roofs on porches, bays and small extensions do fail eventually. Usually it's fatigue cracking along a fold, or thermal splitting where a sheet was laid too big. We strip, check the decking, put right any soft boards, then re-lay to the right bay size with welted drips and proper clips.

Where the substrate has gone and lead isn't the sensible answer, we'll talk you through a rubber or fibreglass system instead. That's an honest conversation, not a sales pitch.

What replacement looks like day to day

Here's the part people actually worry about. Will you lose a room, and will the house be full of dust and noise? No. Lead work is quiet compared with a re-roof, there's no cutting indoors, and we don't come through your house to reach the roof.

• Work is staged so any opened area is watertight before we leave for the day.
• Access goes up outside, and we'll agree where the tower or scaffold sits before it arrives.
• Old lead is bagged and taken away, not left in a heap on the drive.
• Ground gets swept and magnet-rolled for nails and clips at the end of each day.
• You keep your rooms, your parking is discussed first, and the site is left tidy.

Aftercare

Lead lasts a long time if it's left alone. We'll tell you what to keep an eye on: pointing above a flashing, moss building in a valley, a slipped tile sitting on a soaker. A quick look every couple of years is enough.

Leadwork for Heritage and Listed Buildings

Cranleigh has plenty of older stock, from the cottages along the High Street to the tile-hung and brick properties out towards Ewhurst Road and Alfold Road. On those, matching the existing detailing matters as much as the waterproofing. We keep the original profile, reuse the same chase lines where the brickwork allows, and dress rather than cut corners into the stone.

Listed and conservation properties

If your property is listed, consent can apply to what's visible, so we'll set out exactly what we propose in writing before anything is ordered. Guidance from GOV.UK on building regulations approval covers when permissions bite. We work with owners, surveyors and architects and are used to detail being specified.

Repairs and patching on old lead

Old lead is often worth saving. A welded patch or a redressed apron can add years, and we'd rather do that than rip out sound metal. Our lead work & flashing sits alongside our general repair work, so a survey covers the whole roof, not one detail. Whether you need lead work & flashing in Cranleigh or lead work & flashing services Guildford, we cover the whole area.

Request a Survey or Estimate and Lead Flashing Repairs

Call and a real person answers, day, night or weekend. Scott has been on Surrey roofs for more than 36 years and still takes the calls himself. The survey is free, we'll get up and look properly, and use a drone view where that shows the detail better. Then you get a fixed price in writing with no obligation.

Leaks come first. If water's coming in around a chimney or down a valley, that goes to the front of the queue. Repairs might be a new stepped flashing, a re-formed back gutter, a welded patch, or new soakers where mortar fillets have cracked out.

Every job carries a 25-year written workmanship guarantee, handed over before we leave, and it covers repairs as well as new roofs. Whether you need lead work & flashing in Cranleigh or a new roof replacement in Cranleigh, we cover the whole area. We're fully insured, we use our own experienced local roofers, and we don't subcontract to strangers.