Make the most of sandcast lead
Midland Lead works with English Heritage and the National Trust, as well as church authorities, homeowners, architects and planners to ensure that each and every heritage project we are involved in gets the specialist attention it deserves.
Our approach to making sandcast lead gives you the best of both worlds. We make authentic sandcast lead, but we produce it in a modern manner. Our sandcast lead workshop has been purpose-built for the task and we use all the benefits of modern technology to ensure that our sandcast lead has just the right thickness, offers the right tensile quality and gives that wonderfully authentic look.
Quality checks
Sandcast lead is produced by the traditional method of running molten lead over a bed of prepared sand on a casting bench. At every stage of the production (preparation of the bed, lead casting and finish), our sandcast lead is subjected to scrupulous quality control.
- Every roll of sandcast lead is quality checked regarding thickness and weight. As soon as the sandcast lead has been visually checked on consistent thickness, each roll (cut to size) will go through our automated weighing scale, which will only produce a label for despatch if the lead is within the agreed tolerance.
- Apart from the above quality checks, one of our highly experienced managers will handpick a lead roll from each sandcasting batch to be thoroughly examined. This roll will be unrolled and visually inspected, checked on weight and thickness – using a micrometre – once more.
Looking to get a quote on your sandcast project? Email us at: heritage@midlandlead.co.uk or call us at: +44(0)1283 224 555.
Or download our NEW sandcast lead brochure, for an brief outline on how to make the most of your sandcast lead sheet.
