Roofers in Cardiff

Cardiff, the Welsh capital, has a roofscape built on its coal-boom growth: street after street of Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Roath, Canton, Cathays and Grangetown, Edwardian villas in Pontcanna and Penylan, and newer development around Cardiff Bay. The terraces are roofed largely in Welsh natural slate over brick, so the classic issues are chimney stacks, lead valleys and nail sickness — slates slipping after a century as the fixings corrode.

Cardiff's coastal, often wet climate off the Bristol Channel drives rain hard against these roofs and keeps gutters, valleys and north slopes under pressure. For owners, the priorities on the terraces are sound chimney, valley and flashing work and relaying tired slate properly rather than patching; use matching Welsh slate on anything visible, and keep gutters and valleys clear given the rainfall. Flat-roofed rear extensions are common and need renewing on their own cycle.