I'm just about to finish my conservatory roof, could anyone tell my which should i use Lead or flash band. all the conservatories i have seen have been sealed with skicky flash of which i have used on many occasions for other quick fix projects some 6 or 7 years ago and it still water tight, but the company which a bought the conservatory from has recommended lead flashing, anyone any ideas.
Lead or flash band
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chuckle bros said:
Entirely up to you really, but if that's what they recommend?
Flashband is supposed to last for about 10 years, lead will outlive the conservatory but is more expensive. There's also a butyl rubber flashing, which is somewhere in the middle pricewise.
lead every time.
so long as it is available use lead.
looks like a proper job.
so long as it is available use lead.
looks like a proper job.
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chuckle bros said:
WTF
You are the quickest builder I know. In the building thread, you posted about not getting your dwarf walls square
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:38 pm Post Subject: Can’t get my dwarf wall square
I have bought a conservatory which requires a dwarf wall.
I just can’t get it square, I have built it up to 4 course high but it is running in about 3 inches.
You posted that at 3.38 PM and this post was at 8.09 PM
Respect!
Nige F said:flashband
yeah, right.
i had flash band applied to a fibreglass roof,first good rain we had it came away from the wall and leaked,i had to get replace it with lead
Flashband does actually work if carefully installed. Clean the area first, use primer, and warm up the band with a hairdrier or heat gun, before firming it down with one of those seam rollers for paperhanging. Although admittedly lead is the better option.
The problem with using flashband on conservatives is that they are usually south facing, so will bear the brunt of the sun in the summer and the tar will be melted thus reducing its life expectancy. Your roof panels should have been bedded down in either silcon sealant or if glass putty with a lead strip over the top to give added prtection against the rain
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