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I’m thinking about flashing for use around my timber frame.

 

 I have a number of junctions between materials, things like a junction between some stone facing and a rendered section above, a junction between a rendered gable end and a slate roof and a junction between render and timber cladding. Is there any web sites that give details of how such flashings work and what materials are needed, as I need to get such things ordered.

 

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You can get pretty much anything made up out of plastic coated alloy, CladCo would be a first website that comes to mind. @pocster was using some flashings recently. Lead is supper expensive these days..... yes you can make use of it in really tricky spots but the modern equivalents are cheaper and look much more crisp.  

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I don't think you can beat lead for longevity, solidity etc. There's various alternatives some based on EPDM with a layer of aluminium I think. Bet the life expectancy is nowhere near that of lead. 

 

Of course lead has that "nickable" factor.

 

Can't think of anything nicer that lead flashing with seam welded joints. Met a roofer years back on a Laings site. He was that good it was unreal. Known as "Ted The Lead". A dying art sadly...probably due to lead poisoning! :)

 

 

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27 minutes ago, Cpd said:

You can get pretty much anything made up out of plastic coated alloy, CladCo would be a first website that comes to mind. @pocster was using some flashings recently. Lead is supper expensive these days..... yes you can make use of it in really tricky spots but the modern equivalents are cheaper and look much more crisp.  

Yep - leads no good for me because I have to angle grind a slot . Will look nice and ‘sharp’ though . Photos when done .

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4 hours ago, Onoff said:

 

Can't think of anything nicer that lead flashing with seam welded joints. Met a roofer years back on a Laings site. He was that good it was unreal. Known as "Ted The Lead". A dying art sadly...probably due to lead poisoning! :)

 

 

 

One of my roofer’s wanted to buy a 3m roll of 900mm code 4 just to finish an apex that was 200mm short in one corner...

 

10 minutes and one blowtorch later with my dads old lead soldering iron I’d put the corner on and you can’t see the join ... it’s not difficult to do, you just need to take your time - which is why most won’t do it as it gets put in the too hard box ...  

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17 hours ago, PeterW said:

 

One of my roofer’s wanted to buy a 3m roll of 900mm code 4 just to finish an apex that was 200mm short in one corner...

 

10 minutes and one blowtorch later with my dads old lead soldering iron I’d put the corner on and you can’t see the join ... it’s not difficult to do, you just need to take your time - which is why most won’t do it as it gets put in the too hard box ...  

I worked for a very large chemical company and we has a guy who specialised in manufacturing lead lined pipework, vessels and troughs, his lead work and welding was an art form  in itself. 

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11 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

 

The Lacomet stuff? I think someone here has used it.

Yes we used Lacomet for the dormer apron and frame. Good for flat surfaces but not malleable will only bend in one plane. It's two thin layers of aluminium sandwiching a layer of non-metallic mesh.

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