Conservatory roof replacement in Folkestone
Across 2024 and 2025 the Met Office 2 km model puts 953 mm a year on Folkestone, which makes it the 39th wettest of the 100 towns we counted. On 254 days a year the hours from 8am to 4pm stay dry, so finding a fitting day is a question of watching the forecast, not waiting for summer.
At night it is a different story: 72 nights a year bring an hour of moderate or heavier rain, 26th highest of 100. We replace polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofs in Folkestone with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.
- 254
- dry working days a year
- 72
- noise nights a year
- 953 mm
- rain a year
Folkestone's rain, day by day
Every sliver is one day, darker for more rain; the orange marks underneath are dry working days. Met Office UKV 2 km model data for Folkestone, January 2024 to December 2025.
- Dry or a trace
- Under 1 mm
- 1 to 5 mm
- 5 to 15 mm
- Over 15 mm
- Dry working day
When to book in Folkestone
August, June and March gave Folkestone the best odds of a dry working day; February gave the worst, at 54%.
The longest run of dry working days in a row was 23, ending in April 2025. The longest wait without one was 6 days. That is why we book roofs a week or two ahead and confirm the day on the forecast: a dry day turns up in almost every week of the year. When to book a roof swap has the full reasoning.
- 21Jan
- 16Feb
- 23Mar
- 21Apr
- 21May
- 24Jun
- 21Jul
- 26Aug
- 20Sep
- 22Oct
- 19Nov
- 23Dec
dry working days, the three highest picked out. Average of 2024 and 2025.
Rain at night in Folkestone
We count a noise night whenever an hour between 11pm and 7am brings 0.5 mm of rain or more, the Met Office's moderate band. Folkestone had 72 a year, more than the 65 of the average town, and 8 nights with a heavy hour over 4 mm.
In the lab, heavy rain on 25 mm polycarbonate measures 64.6 dB against 52.0 dB for double glazed roof glass. Nobody has published the same test for aluminium panel roofs, so we will not put a number on ours. How loud rain is on each kind of roof sets out what is measured.
- Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)527 h
- Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)477 h
- Heavy (over 4 mm)30 h
Near Folkestone
We fit panel roofs across the Medway valley, the Weald and the coast from Thanet round to Folkestone. The nearest towns in our ledger:
Guide prices in Folkestone
The same as everywhere we work, fitted with the old roof taken away. Style nudges it; the survey fixes it in writing. What the price covers.
Questions from Folkestone
How many dry days does Folkestone get for fitting a roof?
Our ledger counts 254 dry working days a year in Folkestone, days with under 0.2 mm of rain between 8am and 4pm. Most roofs need one; we pick it from the forecast in the week before.
Is a polycarbonate roof noisier in Folkestone than elsewhere?
The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Folkestone has 72 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 30 hours of heavy rain.
What does a new conservatory roof cost in Folkestone?
Guide prices are the same as everywhere we work: from £3,000 for a small roof, £4,000 for medium and £5,000 for large, fixed in writing after a free survey.
Do you keep my conservatory frame?
Usually, yes. The bars, the dwarf wall and the frame get tested at the survey, and only a sound frame gets a panel roof price.
Worth reading before a Folkestone survey
- Roof stylesP-shaped conservatory roof replacement: two roofs and the gutter between them
- StormsHail on a conservatory roof: what it does to polycarbonate, glass and panels
- WeightInsulated roof panel weight: light enough for the frame you have
- UpkeepCleaning insulated roof panels: a hose, a soft brush and a clear gutter
Price a panel roof in Folkestone
Tap through seven questions for a guide range. The surveyor then measures, tests the frame and commits the figure to paper.