nod Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 My friend Vash turned up this morning and made me a lead ray in the back of his van Very skilled 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 That's sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 That’s an art, lead welding, I have tried it, very difficult, 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Potter Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, nod said: My friend Vash turned up this morning and made me a lead ray in the back of his van Tell us he did coat the underside with patination oil as well as on the top.. pleeeese! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 No i did 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Potter Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, nod said: i did Nod.. love your style, ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Potter Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, nod said: No Oh Nod I made a post about a bath trap.. any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 I can still remember the plumbers doing the lead work Now the roofers do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canski Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 And many are better than the plumbers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Potter Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, nod said: Now the roofers do this Ah.. appreciate your frustration. That chimney cap leadwork is great.. lifts your spirits.. then.. next day your "baw is burst" You'll know that lot needs lifted, the battens and vapour barrier sorted etc. I get it too, one day great work from the builders.. next day they have put the wrong brain when going to work. But we all have "off" days! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, Gus Potter said: But we all have "off" days! Yes but no excuse incompetency . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Potter Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, Canski said: And many are better than the plumbers ! Good point. In the "very old" days before my time we had lead pipes. When I started out in the construction industry we worked a lot on renovating tenenments and so on. The apprentices were taught how to marry up new copper with the old lead.. what metals you could join and the ones to avoid.. the Nobel series (Galvanic series) was all taught. Part of the course module was also lead work as they has to do the lead flashings where the pipes went up through the roof for example. That was part of the requirement to become a professional Plumber and gain the required acknowledgement from the Professional body. Now the modern plumbing profession has become more restricted. But now they have to be certified for all sort of things such as direct (mains pressure) water tanks.. they can't do it all.. but you can see how the plumbing trade has moved away from some of the traditional skills that they needed in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 39 minutes ago, Gus Potter said: Ah.. appreciate your frustration. That chimney cap leadwork is great.. lifts your spirits.. then.. next day your "baw is burst" You'll know that lot needs lifted, the battens and vapour barrier sorted etc. I get it too, one day great work from the builders.. next day they have put the wrong brain when going to work. But we all have "off" days! This is on a site with 33 staff in the site office Five quality control guys wandering around Leas slate on our first build No reason to change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 10 hours ago, nod said: I can still remember the plumbers doing the lead work Now the roofers do this Klober have new closers to go with the dry vallys, very nice they are too. https://www.roofgiant.com/grp-valley-troughs/dry-valley-closure/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 10 hours ago, nod said: I can still remember the plumbers doing the lead work Now the roofers do this Not quite sure how they have cocked all that up but it looks messy !!! Right hand side membrane is under the tray at the bottom but should be over the edge of it. Tray should have its own underlay too - can’t see if that’s been done. Hard to see too if battens run to the edge of the tray correctly. another 5 mins spent on that and they would have done a decent job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Met an old boy on site once who's lead welding was amazing. He was welding lead caps atop concrete plinths. I asked for his card and he just said "Ask for Ted the Lead, everyone knows me". Never found him again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 That lead must weigh a fair bit. What is underneath to support it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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