Roofers in Cabra

Roofing in Cabra and Phibsborough: the houses we know best

Cabra is largely made up of houses built by Dublin Corporation from the 1930s to the 1950s, when Cabra East and later Cabra West were laid out to rehouse families from the inner city. These are mostly two-storey terraced and semi-detached houses, solidly built, with simple pitched roofs, chimneys on the party walls and in many cases flat-roofed porches or rear extensions added by later owners. Along Cabra Road itself and into Phibsborough there are older Victorian and Edwardian red-brick houses with natural slate roofs, rear returns and cast iron gutters, and the same pattern carries on through the terraces and small cottages of Stoneybatter.

Many Cabra roofs have been re-covered at some point, but plenty still carry tiles or slates that are seventy or more years old, and the first thing we do on any job is work out what is actually up there. On older slate roofs the nails corrode, slates slip, and chimney flashings crack. Re-tiled roofs often have concrete tiles that are themselves now thirty to forty years old, with moss, loose ridges and worn underlay. Because so many houses are terraced, the chimney stacks and the line of the roof where one house meets the next are common sources of leaks, and a problem next door can show up as damp in your own attic.

Flat roofs are everywhere in the area, on porches, kitchen extensions, back rooms and garages, and many are on their second or third covering. Original timber fascias and soffits that have been painted for decades are frequently rotten at the joints, and blocked or sagging gutters are a constant on streets lined with mature trees.

Roofing services in Cabra, Stoneybatter and Phibsborough

From our base on Cabra Road we work on pitched, slate, tiled and flat roofs for homes and businesses across Cabra, Stoneybatter, Phibsborough and the neighbouring districts, supplying and fitting all materials.

• Roof repairs in Cabra for slipped slates, broken tiles, loose ridges and leaks around chimneys and party walls.
• Flat roof repairs and replacement on porches, extensions and garages, using felt and torch-on systems.
• Guttering services including repairs and uPVC replacement, and gutter cleaning in Cabra on streets lined with mature trees.
• uPVC fascia and soffit replacement where the timber boards have rotted.
• Emergency call-outs for storm damage and leaks, through our 24/7 emergency service.

How we work

Being based locally makes it straightforward for us to call out and look at a roof in Cabra. We inspect the roof, chimneys, flat roofs and gutters, explain clearly what we found and then give you a free, no-obligation quote. Where a problem is coming from a shared chimney or a neighbouring roof, we will tell you so you can raise it with your neighbour.

Glasnevin and the rest of North Dublin

As well as Cabra, we work in Glasnevin, where Victorian and Edwardian red-brick sits alongside later semi-detached houses, and in Stoneybatter, Phibsborough, Drumcondra and along the Navan Road. Our roofers in North Dublin page covers the wider north side, including Finglas and Dublin 15. We also cover South Dublin and the area within roughly 50 km, so see our pages for roofers in Lucan and roofers in South Dublin, or the full list of areas we serve.

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