T & T Roofing fits new roofs across Cardiff, from tight Victorian terraces to detached villas and later semis. We strip, re-felt, batten and re-cover, then leave the site clean.
Cardiff is a city of old roofs. Rows of terraces and villas went up quickly when the city grew, and many of those roofs have been patched more than once. When slipped slates, sagging ridges and damp patches on bedroom ceilings keep coming back, repairs stop making sense and a full new roof is the sensible answer.
T & T Roofing takes on whole-roof replacements across the city, in places like Roath, Canton, Heath and Whitchurch. We look at what is actually wrong, explain it plainly, and quote for the covering that suits the house. That includes new felt, battens, lead details, fascias, soffits and guttering where they are needed, all agreed with you before work begins.
Get Your Free Quote →Much of inner Cardiff, around Cathays, Roath, Splott and Grangetown, is made up of long terraces built in the Victorian and Edwardian period. Roofs there are often steep, shared at the party walls, and covered in natural slate over old timber. Many have been re-covered in odd patches, so the roof can look sound from the street and still be tired underneath.
Further out from the centre you find Edwardian villas in Pontcanna and Llandaff, and 1930s semis in Heath, Cyncoed, Rhiwbina and Llanishen. These tend to carry clay or concrete tiles, often with hips, valleys and chimney stacks that all need leadwork. Those details are usually where water gets in first, long before the main slope gives up, so they deserve proper attention.
The city sits low and close to the Severn Estuary, so wind-driven rain comes in hard off the west and south-west. Gutters on terraces clog with leaves and moss, and water backs up under the lower courses. Frost then works into old, porous tiles and slates through the winter. Over time the nails corrode, battens soften and the covering starts to slip.
On a Victorian or Edwardian terrace, natural slate or a good slate-look alternative usually suits best. It keeps the look of the street, and the steep pitch sheds Cardiff rain well. Where a house in Canton or Roath has already lost its original slate, we can talk through whether to restore it or move to a lighter covering.
Semis and later houses in Llanishen, Whitchurch or Radyr often carry concrete or clay tiles, and like-for-like is usually the straightforward route. Fibre cement slate is a lighter, more economical choice where the roof structure is older or the budget is tight. We will tell you honestly which fits your house and why, rather than push one material.
New roof installations in Cardiff and the neighbourhoods and villages close by.
Yes, as far as any roofing job allows. We work from the front and back, protect the party wall junctions, and keep the strip-off in sections so the house stays covered. We let neighbours know when the scaffold is going up and keep noise to working hours.
Sometimes. If the slates are sound and only the nails and felt have failed, we can strip, sort and refix the good ones with new felt and battens, topped up with matching slate. If they are laminating or flaking, new is the better route.
Usually, yes. Chimney flashings, valleys and hip details on older semis tend to fail before the tiles do. Re-roofing is the right time to renew them, because the roof is already open and the work can be done once and done properly.
We strip in sections that can be covered by the end of each working day, and we keep sheeting on site. We also watch the forecast, and if heavy rain is coming we hold off opening up a slope rather than risk your ceilings.
Yes, and it makes sense to do it while the scaffold is up. Blocked, leaking or sagging guttering is a common cause of damp on Cardiff terraces. We can replace the lot as part of the same job and agree it in the written quote.
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