The roofers have just finished welding the lead flashing; I've 2 questions:

 

1. How do I clean off the white staining? (the flashing on the garage rooflights hasn't had this appear).

2. They've only welded the folds at the corners. Should I expect (or ask for the vertical mid-section overlaps to be welded?

 

Well I could not view the image or the vid, but you need to put patination oil on lead to prevent the oxidizing.

As said,  clean off if necessary with some white vinegar, then coat with patination oil 

The vertical overlap looks okay to me, to allow for expansion.

Was that lead fresh off a roll? The white staining can be cleaned off as mentioned and patination oil applied but I'd expect the roofers to have done this as part of the job

13 hours ago, torre said:

I'd expect the roofers to have done this as part of the job

And herein lies the problem folks.

 

If they think they can pass the buck, or dodge a bullet, well......... However, if it's entered in early as a part of the remit, then they know they have to do it or not get paid.

Has been said above 

patination oil

vertical joins are there for expansion 

 

but, that is a shit job, the creases should not be there, and why the flipping hell has he done it over the roof membrane without covering it. 
 

im not impressed with it to be honest. 

1 hour ago, Russell griffiths said:

why the flipping hell has he done it over the roof membrane without covering it

Without covering what? Can you elaborate please?

5 hours ago, Russell griffiths said:

that is a shit job

 

That was my first thought on reading this thread. Didn't want to say anything earlier as my experience is limited (only seen the work done on the building I'm in and I wasn't directly involved in it). However, I agree, this looks awful compared to the work done on the roof of my apartment building.

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21 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

And herein lies the problem folks.

 

If they think they can pass the buck, or dodge a bullet, well......... However, if it's entered in early as a part of the remit, then they know they have to do it or not get paid.

The never-ending challenge of getting work done. The flashing done on the garage rooflights looked far better. There are other bits of lead work that look much better, but these bits are not pretty at all. I’d love to do some lead work myself tbh, but then I’d have no insurance guarantee to fall back on and if I did some bits and they did others, it would only introduce the inevitable argument/challenge if anything was wrong. Fortunately, the roofer team is a sub-contractor through my builder who is of the same opinion as me, and it turns out he has already snagged this with the roofer, and will make sure it’s sorted (doubt this will address the folds etc. though). I’m choosing which battles to pick and working on the basis of:

 

1. Functions as required

2. Insurance / warranty supported

3. Aesthetically important

4. How much is it going to bug me if I don’t resolve it (unfortunately sometimes this one jumps to position 1 🤣)

 

 

21 minutes ago, Great_scot_selfbuild said:

The never-ending challenge of getting work done. The flashing done on the garage rooflights looked far better. There are other bits of lead work that look much better, but these bits are not pretty at all. I’d love to do some lead work myself tbh, but then I’d have no insurance guarantee to fall back on and if I did some bits and they did others, it would only introduce the inevitable argument/challenge if anything was wrong. Fortunately, the roofer team is a sub-contractor through my builder who is of the same opinion as me, and it turns out he has already snagged this with the roofer, and will make sure it’s sorted (doubt this will address the folds etc. though). I’m choosing which battles to pick and working on the basis of:

 

1. Functions as required

2. Insurance / warranty supported

3. Aesthetically important

4. How much is it going to bug me if I don’t resolve it (unfortunately sometimes this one jumps to position 1 🤣)

 

 

Well worded aka "life".

 

Good to hear the builders already on it though.

19 hours ago, Great_scot_selfbuild said:

Without covering what? Can you elaborate please?

It looks like there is all little melted bits of lead that have dripped onto the roof covering 

surely molten lead should not drip on to a rubber roof, or am I being OTT 

20 hours ago, Russell griffiths said:

It looks like there is all little melted bits of lead that have dripped onto the roof covering 

surely molten lead should not drip on to a rubber roof, or am I being OTT 

Ahh, I see.