The mutually commuting 1 × n fused single and double-row transfer matrices of the critical six-vertex model are considered at roots of unity q = e iλ with crossing parameter λ = (p ′ −p)π p ′ a rational fraction of π. The 1 × n transfer matrices of the dense loop model analogs, namely the logarithmic minimal models LM(p, p ′ ), are similarly considered. For these sℓ(2) models, we find explicit closure relations for the T -system functional equations and obtain extended sets of bilinear T -system identities. We also define extended Q matrices as linear combinations of the fused transfer matrices and obtain extended matrix T -Q relations. These results hold for diagonal twisted boundary conditions on the cylinder as well as U q (sℓ(2)) invariant/Kac vacuum and off-diagonal/Robin vacuum boundary conditions on the strip. Using our extended T -system and extended T -Q relations for eigenvalues, we deduce the usual scalar Baxter T -Q relation and the Bazhanov-Lukyanov-Zamolodchikov decomposition of the fused transfer matrices T n (u + λ) and D n (u + λ), at fusion level n = p ′ − 1, in terms of the productIt follows that the zeros of T p ′ −1 (u + λ) and D p ′ −1 (u + λ) are comprised of the Bethe roots and complete p ′ strings. We also clarify the formal observations of Pronko and Yang-Nepomechie-Zhang and establish, under favourable conditions, the existence of an infinite fusion limit n → ∞ in the auxiliary space of the fused transfer matrices. Despite this connection, the infinitedimensional oscillator representations are not needed at roots of unity due to finite closure of the functional equations.