Saffron Walden is one of Essex's best-preserved market towns, and its wealth of timber-framed, pargeted and late-Georgian buildings means lead work that demands careful, experienced hands.
The streets around the Market Place, Castle Street and Borough Lane are lined with properties where rooflines have been altered across several centuries — valleys filled in, dormers added to weavers' cottages, flat-roofed extensions butted against ancient walls. Each of these junctions needs properly dressed lead to prevent the kind of slow, hidden water ingress that rots the oak frames and ruins lime plasterwork that cannot easily be replaced. Lead flashing failures in Saffron Walden's older properties are one of the most common causes of concealed structural damp.
We work with the original roof geometry rather than against it, cutting lead to fit on site and using traditional drips and rolls where the pitch demands them. All work is carried out to BS EN 12588 standards. If you own a listed or pre-1900 property in or around Saffron Walden, call us for a free survey and we'll give you an honest assessment of what the lead work actually needs.
No obligation · We usually respond within 2 hours
Storm damage, active leak, damaged ridge — we aim to be on-site within 24 hours.
