A chimney flashing will weatherproof a chimney by covering the intersections between the tiles or slates to prevent the ingress of water. To ensure maximum protection, it is also recommended to install a damp proof course (DPC) along with your chimney flashing.
A correctly installed chimney flashing will prevent rain from seeping into your roof and should last for decades if correctly installed.
Other benefits of chimney flashing include:
Chimney flashings can be made out of several different metals, including copper, aluminium, galvanised steel and lead, lead is arguably the best material for chimney flashing due to its long life expectancy. A minimum of code 4 lead should be used for lead flashings.
You can install different types of chimney flashing such as front aprons, side flashings, back gutters, cover flashings and ridge abutment saddles.
A DPC tray is used to stop water that has already penetrated through soaking into the brickwork below. Our DPC chimney tray is coated with bitumen paint on the upper surface to help protect the lead from possible corrosion caused by cement in direct contact with its surface. It is fitted during the construction of the chimney and acts as a barrier to water seeping through the brickwork.
A front apron is designed to form a water proof bridge between the sides, front and back of the chimney. They come in full or half sizes and can be fitted overlapping, left or right handed, or to flash a chimney on a gable end where the excess can be trimmed and folded to suit.
A chimney back gutter covers the rear section of the chimney. This allows water to flow from the tiles and around the chimney without seeping into the joins. When a projection occurs in a roof the water must be diverted.
Lead is an excellent material to choose for chimney flashing, Leadworx is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of quality lead roofing products including chimney flashing and bat access tiles.
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At Leadworx we pride ourselves on providing a fast, reliable service supplying high quality sheet lead flashing products and roof vents designed ready to install straight out of the box saving you time and costly site work.
We supply ready made lead products from our base in Cornwall. We offer sheet lead flashing products, lead slates, roof vents, outlets, bat access tiles, chimney flashings, valleys, and detailed leadwork.
Based from our workshop in the South West, we are also able to offer lead DPC trays, front aprons, back gutters, ridge abutments, dormer corners, flat roof corners, flat roof lead ridge slates, pitched roof lead slates and accessories such as copper nails and lead sealant.
