Talk:Flashing (weatherproofing)

Lead Flashing
We need real information about the regulation, sale, and use of lead flashing around the world. It is sold in Home Depot stores in the US, along with lead fittings. Google "lead flashing" and see that it is obviously readily available in the US and UK. (I did not know how to add footnotes to support this in the article, since they would mostly be commercial links.) In what areas of the world is it restricted or outlawed? Why is such a poisonous building material still being used in bulk anywhere? -69.87.199.25 (talk) 18:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't it be better to link it to the lead or whichever article covers the environmental impact of heavy metals. 67.241.56.112 (talk) 02:59, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Lead contamination
We need real info about rates of lead erosion for exterior lead flashing, and what techniques such as painting are available that have what actual measured impacts on rates of dispersement of the lead into the environment. -69.87.199.38 (talk) 17:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Lead flashing pics
There are good pics of rolls of lead flashing here: http://www.nuclead.com/leadflashing.html and accessories here: http://www.santarosalead.com/ -69.87.199.38 (talk) 17:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The article is a general discussion of flashing. Lead is used in a tiny minority of installations in the US. While there's nothing wrong with the mention that's in the article, more would be WP:UNDUE.   Acroterion  (talk)  03:04, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

How is flashing made?
Could someone say how metal flashing is made so malleable? I should think everyone who gets to handle some flashing is intrigued by this characterisitic. A piece of flashing I have handled was, I thought, aluminium, but it was remarkably malleable. Normal sheet aluminium is not at all like this. (Or perhaps I was mistaken and it was lead.) Its ability to be easily moulded with a soft hammer around sharp curves without cracking is quite remarkable, and must be essential to its use. UBJ 43X (talk) 09:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC)