T & T Roofing fits new roofs on houses across Barry, from the terraces near the docks to the semis further inland. Full replacements, re-roofing, leadwork and roofline, done properly.
People in Barry usually call us about a roof for one of two reasons. Either slates and tiles have been slipping for a while and the patching has stopped working, or a ceiling stain has finally shown up after a stormy week. Both usually point to a covering that has reached the end of its useful life, and a proper re-roof is then the more sensible route than another round of repairs.
We install new roofs on homes throughout Barry and the surrounding Vale, including Cadoxton, Palmerston and Gibbonsdown. That means stripping the old covering, checking the timbers underneath, fitting new felt and battens, laying the new tiles or slate, and finishing the leadwork, fascias, soffits and guttering, with the scaffold and clearing up included in the quote.
Get Your Free Quote →Much of Barry grew quickly as a dock town, so there are long runs of Edwardian terraces and bay-fronted houses, with interwar semis spreading out behind them. Many of those roofs were laid with natural slate or early clay and concrete tiles, and a good number have been repaired so often that the pattern of mismatched patches tells the story from the street, and the timbers beneath are rarely in better shape.
The town sits right on the Bristol Channel, and the wind that comes off the water is the main enemy. Roofs near Barry Island and the seafront take salt-laden gusts that work at ridge tiles, loosen mortar and lift edges. Further up towards Merthyr Dyfan the exposure eases a little, but the rain still arrives sideways and finds any weak point.
What that does to a roof is fairly predictable. Old nails corrode and let slates slip. Ridge and hip bedding crumbles. Lead flashings round chimneys and bay windows lift or split, and water finds its way in at the junctions long before the main slope looks tired. Often the sensible fix is a full re-roof rather than yet another repair, especially on the older terraces, where original slates and early tiles are long past their best and the nails holding them have rusted.
On an Edwardian terrace, natural slate or a good slate-look alternative usually suits the house best and holds its line against the wind when fixed properly. Concrete interlocking tiles are a sensible choice on the larger interwar semis, where the roof frame was built for something heavier than slate. We check the rafters before recommending either.
Fibre cement slate is worth considering where a house wants the slate look without the weight, or where a full natural slate roof would stretch the budget. Near the coast we favour mechanical fixings and corrosion-resistant nails whichever covering you pick. We will explain the options plainly and quote for the one that fits your house.
New roof installations in Barry and the neighbourhoods and villages close by.
Roofs close to the seafront take stronger wind and salt in the air, so we use corrosion-resistant fixings and pay extra attention to ridges, verges and edges. Those are the points where the Bristol Channel wind usually gets in first.
Terraces need careful scaffold and tidy working, as the roof is shared with the houses either side. We protect party wall junctions, keep debris contained and talk to you about timing so the street is disrupted as little as possible.
If slates are slipping across several areas, nails are rusting or the felt underneath has perished, patching only buys a little time. We will tell you honestly whether a repair makes sense or a full re-roof is the better answer.
Yes. We work across Barry and the nearby Vale villages, including Dinas Powys, Sully and Rhoose, and we also travel to Penarth and Cardiff. Give us a call and we can arrange a time to look at the roof.
We can. With the scaffold already up it makes sense to renew the roofline while the roof is open. We will price it as part of the quote so you can choose what to include.
New roof installations across South Wales, town by town.
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