Pontypridd houses sit on steep slopes where wind and rain come straight up the valley. T & T Roofing fits new tile, slate and fibre cement roofs across the town and the villages around it.
Most people in Pontypridd call us when a roof has stopped coping. Slipped slates after a gale, damp patches on a bedroom ceiling, moss thick enough to hold water against the tiles. At that point patching tends to cost more in repeat visits than it saves, and a proper new roof is the sensible answer.
We strip the old covering, check the timbers underneath, and fit new felt, battens and tiles or slate. That includes leadwork, fascias, soffits and guttering where they need replacing. We work in the town itself and in Treforest, Trallwn, Rhydyfelin, Cilfynydd and the other places around the two rivers. Every job starts with a proper look at the roof, so the quote matches the house in front of us.
Get Your Free Quote →Pontypridd grew up around the meeting of the Taff and the Rhondda, and much of the housing climbs the hillsides in tight rows of terraces. Many of these are Victorian and Edwardian houses, built when slate was the obvious material because it came out of Welsh quarries. A lot of those slates are still up there, long past their best.
The slopes matter as much as the age. Roofs on the Graig and in Cilfynydd face wide-open valley sides, so rain arrives hard and sideways, and wind lifts at the ridges and verges. Terraced rows also share party walls, which means abutments and lead flashings do a lot of work and are often where water gets in first.
Further out, in places like Church Village, Beddau and Taffs Well, there is more mid-century and later housing with concrete or clay tiles. These roofs fail differently: tired felt, rusted fixings and cracked tiles rather than crumbling slate. Whatever the house, the valley weather is wet for much of the year, so a roof here has to shed water well and stay tight at every joint.
On older terraces, natural slate or a good slate-look alternative usually suits best. It matches the look of the street, copes with steep pitches, and holds up well in valley rain. Fibre cement slate is a lighter, more affordable-looking route when the budget is tight and the roof structure is not suited to heavy stone.
Newer houses around Church Village or Beddau normally take concrete or clay tiles, which are quicker to lay and easy to match. We will talk through the options at the survey, look at what your rafters can carry, and tell you plainly if a material is wrong for your house, whatever the sample looks like on a table.
New roof installations in Pontypridd and the neighbourhoods and villages close by.
Yes. Steep terraces are routine work for us. Access and scaffold need planning, and sometimes a road or pavement arrangement, but we sort that out at the survey stage so the job runs smoothly once the team arrives.
Often yes. Slates this old tend to flake, slip and let water through at the nail holes. If the timbers are sound we can fit new slate or a close match, and the house keeps its look while the roof becomes properly watertight again.
We do. Pontypridd and the surrounding villages, including Trallwn, Cilfynydd, Church Village and Beddau, are all part of our normal working area, so there is no awkward distance to arrange around. Just ring and tell us roughly where you are, and we will confirm we can reach you.
Persistent rain and gusty wind mean the fixings, felt and flashings matter as much as the visible tile or slate. We recommend a covering suited to the pitch and exposure, and we fix it properly rather than simply laying it on.
Usually yes, because worn lead at chimneys and shared walls is a main cause of leaks in terraced homes. We inspect each one, renew what is failing, and tell you at the quote stage what we plan to replace.
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