Flashing Repairs in Totton

Flashing Repairs in Totton

Totton 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. Totton's roofing stock is largely post-war concrete tile, and the closer streets to Southampton Water pick up some of the same wind-driven rain that affects Southampton itself, which shows up most at chimney flashing and valley junctions. Away from the water the picture is more straightforward, with the usual pattern of storm-loosened tiles and blocked guttering after a wet spell.

Why Choose Hampshire Roof Repairs in Totton?

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