Flashing Repairs in Hythe

Flashing Repairs in Hythe

Hythe customers looking for flashing repairs turn to Hampshire Roof Repairs. Flashing is the material — traditionally lead, though alternatives exist — used to seal the junctions on a roof where two different surfaces meet: a chimney meeting the tiles, a roof meeting a wall, around a dormer window, or at the edge of a roof-light. These junctions can't be sealed with tiles or slates alone because the materials and the angles involved are too different, so flashing bridges the gap and is dressed to shed water away from the joint. It's also one of the more failure-prone parts of a roof, because it has to accommodate genuine thermal movement — expanding and contracting with temperature — as well as wind, and can be dislodged by anything from a heavy gust to nesting birds working under the edge. A lifted or split section of flashing is a very common, very fixable cause of a leak that otherwise looks mysterious, because the tiles either side of it can look completely undamaged. Hythe's waterfront position on Southampton Water gives the older village core genuine, sustained coastal exposure, and it's the chimney flashing and exposed ridge lines on the Victorian and Edwardian properties nearest the water that tend to need attention first. Further back from the shore, the newer estates are more sheltered and see a more typical inland pattern of storm and gutter-related repairs.

Why Choose Hampshire Roof Repairs in Hythe?

Hampshire Roof Repairs brings the same standard of flashing repairs to every property in Hythe, Hampshire. Re-sealing the lead or alternative material that waterproofs every junction on your roof — chimneys, walls, dormers.

Key Benefits

• ✓Covers every type of junction — chimneys, walls, dormers, roof-lights
• ✓Uses correctly dressed, properly lapped flashing rather than sealant as a quick fix
• ✓Often resolves leaks where the surrounding tiles look completely undamaged