Flashing Repairs in Petersfield

Flashing Repairs in Petersfield

Petersfield 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. Petersfield's National Park and conservation-area status means repairs on the older cottages and townhouses in the centre need to match existing tile or slate rather than substitute a cheaper modern alternative, which can affect how a repair is sourced. Roofs on the period buildings here are old enough that cracked ridge mortar and perished flashing around chimneys are routine finds once someone actually gets up there to look.

Why Choose Hampshire Roof Repairs in Petersfield?

Hampshire Roof Repairs brings the same standard of flashing repairs to every property in Petersfield, 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