General Information
When designing and installing lead sheet, due consideration must be given to the following areas:
- Physical and mechanical properties of lead sheet
- Contact with other materials
- Bossing and welding methods
- Jointing methods
- Support and fixing methods
- Prevention of corrosion
Rolled lead sheet to BSEN 12588 is commonly used on all types of modern and historic properties for:
- Flashings to abutments on flat and pitched roofs
- Protective Weatherings to ledges and cornices
- Damp proof courses and cavity trays
- Linings to parapet and valley gutters
- Coverings to flat and pitched roofs
- Vertical cladding
- Cappings to parapet walls
- Cladding to dormer windows
- Many other specialist uses, such as radiation shielding and sound attenuation.
