The Professional Conservatory Finishing Touches from your Nottingham and East Midlands Supplier
Brickwork
Flashings
Once your new conservatory has been installed the last thing you want to worry about is persistent water problems. We use several means of finishing the roof of our conservatories to ensure this doesn’t happen.
On all our conservatory roofs we use lead flashing, the mortar lines of the house wall are ground out the lead is fitted and pointed over. On our conservatories with a pitched roof such as Edwardian or Victorian we step flash the lead and then fit into the mortal lines as above.
On conservatories with a box valley gutter design that is being fitted onto a fascia the finishing of the roof is done is a slightly different way. We still use lead flashing but to fit the lead the roof tiles are lifted and the lead is fitted under the roof felt so any water running down the roof will be diverted into the box valley gutter. We also use a product called eaves guard (from our roofline replacement system) this is also fitted under the felt to help with diverting the rainwater into box valley gutter.
If there is a soil pipe or waste pipes that are not being re-sited and fitted through the conservatory roof it is necessary to fit a lead sleeve around these pipes to ensure no water gets through.
Wherever we finish a conservatory roof with lead our installers will also seal behind and underneath the lead flashing with clear silicon to get the best seal possible
Gutting and Drain Pipes
One of the key areas when installing a replacement roofline system is getting access to the roofline. This is the biggest variable and to get an accurate quotation a site visit is required.
We have two means of access; the first is a very capable staging system, which the installers erect on site. This system does have some limitations though, as we cannot span existing structures such as conservatories or porches and there are several site restrictions that can affect its use.
The alternative to our staging system is to erect scaffolding. Scaffolding allows access over existing structures and from difficult working areas. However when scaffolding is required it does have an impact on the quotation, and our home surveyors can illustrate these costs.
