lead roof leak

mandy47

I have a flat lead roof above my bay window. It's started to leak slightly during heavy rain when the wind blows in a certain direction. DH climbed up and can't find any visible damage. It is well sealed around the edges and where it meets the wall. Perhaps there is a fine split that we can't see.
Any suggestions on repairing or will I need to get it replaced? 

Ebe_Scrooge

If you are able to find a crack, it's pretty simply to repair lead.  However, if you can't see any obvious cracks or holes, there are loads of different "paints" you can use to coat the whole roof - just by way of example : https://www.wickes.co.uk/Products/Building-Materials/Roofing/Roof-Repair-Liquids/c/1000254

Years ago I had a leak in a flat roof, got a big 25 litre tub of ordinary bitumen paint from Wickes and slapped that all over.  Didn't cost much and did the trick (I've no idea how long it would be expected to last, but it did me for many years until we moved).  Not the prettiest finish, but cheap and effective.  These days there are loads of different products to choose from.

mandy47

Ebe_Scrooge said:

If you are able to find a crack, it's pretty simply to repair lead.  However, if you can't see any obvious cracks or holes, there are loads of different "paints" you can use to coat the whole roof - just by way of example : https://www.wickes.co.uk/Products/Building-Materials/Roofing/Roof-Repair-Liquids/c/1000254

Years ago I had a leak in a flat roof, got a big 25 litre tub of ordinary bitumen paint from Wickes and slapped that all over.  Didn't cost much and did the trick (I've no idea how long it would be expected to last, but it did me for many years until we moved).  Not the prettiest finish, but cheap and effective.  These days there are loads of different products to choose from.

Thanks for the info. We will have to have a really close look and if we still can't find the problem we'll slap on the roof repair liquid. Hopefully that will do the trick. Thanks again.