THE DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF LEADWORK

Course Overview 
CPD TC3 The design and application of leadwork delivered by LSA.

This module is delivered for us by the Lead Sheet Association and is chargeable, by them, at £85 plus VAT. Delegates carry out lead welding, dressing, bossing etc.

Purpose
To provide guidance on site inspections and the correct design applications of lead, particularly flashings and to provide a forum for debate with the LSA. This contact has proved very useful for the resolution of technical queries.

Content
Conference Room:

• Manufacturing processes and supply of lead sheet
• Review of main causes of failure in leadwork:
• Oversizing
• Overfixing
• Failure of fixings
• Run off from lichen covered surfaces
• Building into masonry
• Condensation
• Staining
• Good methods of detailing and fixing lead sheet at:
  
  • Abutments
  • Valleys
  • Chimneys
  • Pointing and damp proof courses
  • Identifying errors with flashings

Workshop:

• Working lead sheet, bossing, lead welding

Number of Delegates
Minimum ten, maximum fifteen

Dates
Please contact the Training & Resource Centre Course Administrator for details.