VALLEY GUTTERS

Valley gutters come in all shapes and sizes and are predominantly formed in lead. Lead valley gutters will last for years as long as they are installed in the correct way. Problems will occur if: 1. The Lead used is too thin. 2. The lead valley has insufficient steps or expansion joints. If the valley gutter has not been installed properly or through age, splits will start to appear, leading to water ingress. There are to ways to recifiy the problem. 1. strip the bottom rows of tiles out, strip the existing lead out, then reline with new lead making sure correct 'CODE' lead and correct expansion joints are used. 2. strip the bottom rows of tiles out then reline using a Single Ply System I.E 'Sarnafil'. Single Ply Systems do not need steps or expansion joints.