Lead Flashing Code 8 - 300mm x 6m Roll

Rolled lead sheet to BS EN 12588 : 2006.

Lead sheets are a perfect alternative to other man made products for various reasons. Lead has the lowest carbon footprint, which makes it very environmentally friendly. And it is able to be used with ease, as it is easily shaped. Lead sheets also offer more durability than other products, and are three times as long-lasting than other man made products. This would explain why lead sheets have been used as a building material for centures, and why they adorn the roofs of churches, public buildings and homes throughout the United Kingdom. 

Benefits:

• Easy installation
• 100% recycable time after time
• Flexibility in all weather conditions.
• It will out-perform other building materials, subject to if the rules of good practice are followed.

Additional Information:

• Over 1,000,000 tonnes has been used in roofing since 1995
• Lead is a natural metal the Earths crust contains an estimated 290 million tonnes of it
• Melting point 327.4°C.
• Atomic weight 207.2
• Atomic number 82.
• Density 11.34g/cm3
• Co-efficient of linear expansion 0.0000297 per°C.
• Thermal Conductivity 34.76W/m°C