Lead

A Guide to Lead Alternative Roof Flashings Brits love a moan about the rain and, at Burton Roofing Merchants we talk a lot about your roof being a barrier to the weather. In terms of roofing, the most pervasive and difficult element of our weather control is water and a Lead or Lead alternative roof flashings are an important componant...

We are major stockists of one of the world’s oldest and most durable building materials - lead! The use of lead for its unique properties dates way back in history, with the Romans utilising it to make water pipes, because of its resistance to corrosion and ease to work with (The Latin word for the metal, plumbum, is the origin...