T & T Roofing fits new tile, slate and fibre cement roofs across Porthcawl and the villages around it, with coverings and fixings chosen for a coast that never stops blowing.
Roofs in Porthcawl work harder than most in South Wales. The wind comes straight off the Bristol Channel carrying salt, and it gets under tiles, rattles loose ridges and slowly eats metal fittings. Many homeowners call us after a winter storm has lifted a few slates, or when stains start showing on a bedroom ceiling that was dry last year.
We install complete new roofs, from stripping the old covering to fitting fresh felt, battens, tiles or slate, leadwork, fascias, soffits and guttering. We work across Porthcawl and out to Nottage, Newton, Cornelly and Pyle, and we explain what the roof actually needs before anyone talks about replacing the lot. Honest advice comes first, and the quote follows in writing.
Get Your Free Quote →Porthcawl is a mixed bag. Along and behind the seafront there are tall terraced houses and guest-house style properties, many of them now holiday lets, with chimneys, parapets and awkward valleys that collect water. Their roofs have usually been patched many times by different people, and the patching shows when we lift the covering. Access is often tight, so scaffolding needs planning.
Further back you find plenty of 1930s semis and later family housing, mostly concrete or clay tile on timber rafters, plus newer estates towards Newton, Nottage and Cornelly. Older tile roofs of that era often have tired felt underneath, if there is any, and fixings that have corroded after decades of salt in the air. The tiles may still look fine from the road.
Exposure is the main enemy here. Open ground near Rest Bay and Kenfig means gusts hit roofs without any shelter, so verges, ridges and hips take the worst of it. Driving rain gets pushed sideways under laps, and constant damp encourages moss. A roof that would last well inland can age much faster a few streets from the sea.
For most Porthcawl houses, a modern interlocking concrete tile is the sensible choice. It is heavy enough to stay put in a gale, it suits the pitch of 1930s and later roofs, and the fixings can be specified for exposed sites. Clay tile and natural slate look better on older and seafront properties, and slate in particular copes with salt very well.
Fibre cement slate sits in between, giving the slate look at a lighter weight, which helps where older timbers may not take a heavier covering. Whatever you choose, the quality of the felt, battening and fixings matters as much as the covering itself. We look at your rafters on the survey and tell you honestly which option fits the house.
New roof installations in Porthcawl and the neighbourhoods and villages close by.
It can. Salt in the wind corrodes nails, clips and metal flashings, and constant damp helps moss grow on tiles. That is why we use fixings suited to exposed coastal sites and check lead and ridge bedding closely when we survey a roof near the seafront.
Yes. Larger seafront properties often have complicated roof shapes, tall chimneys and parapet gutters. We survey them thoroughly, agree a timetable that keeps disruption between lets as low as we can, and explain the work in writing before we start.
We check the felt, battens, fixings and the state of the tiles from the loft and outside. If the timbers are sound and only a few tiles or the ridge have failed, repair makes sense. If the felt has perished throughout, a new roof is the better choice.
Yes. We regularly cover Nottage, Newton, Cornelly, Pyle, Kenfig Hill and the surrounding area, and can travel to Bridgend and Maesteg as well. Tell us where the property is when you get in touch and we will arrange a survey.
We choose our days carefully. Strong wind is a real hazard when sheets of felt and tiles are being handled, so we may move work if conditions are poor. The roof is always covered and made watertight at the end of each working day.
New roof installations across South Wales, town by town.
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