One Dry Day

Conservatory roof replacement in Lowestoft

Across 2024 and 2025 the Met Office 2 km model puts 798 mm a year on Lowestoft, which makes it the 58th wettest of the 100 towns we counted. On 262 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: 59 nights a year bring an hour of moderate or heavier rain, 61st highest of 100. We replace polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofs in Lowestoft with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.

262
dry working days a year
59
noise nights a year
798 mm
rain a year
White insulated panel lean-to roof on a semi in afternoon sun
A white panel lean-to, finished the same day.

Lowestoft'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 Lowestoft, January 2024 to December 2025.

2024934 mm of rain, 258 dry working days
2025661 mm of rain, 265 dry working days

When to book in Lowestoft

August, December and March gave Lowestoft the best odds of a dry working day; September gave the worst, at 63%.

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.

Dry working days by month in Lowestoft
  1. 22Jan
  2. 20Feb
  3. 23Mar
  4. 22Apr
  5. 23May
  6. 21Jun
  7. 20Jul
  8. 28Aug
  9. 19Sep
  10. 22Oct
  11. 22Nov
  12. 23Dec

dry working days, the three highest picked out. Average of 2024 and 2025.

Rain at night in Lowestoft

A noise night is one with at least an hour of moderate rain (0.5 mm or more) between 11pm and 7am. Lowestoft had 59 a year, fewer than the 65 of the average town, and 4 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.

930 wet hours a year, by how hard it rains
  • Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)478 h
  • Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)432 h
  • Heavy (over 4 mm)21 h
Kendal: 92Carlisle: 77Penrith: 79Barrow-in-Furness: 86Workington: 84Whitehaven: 89Blackpool: 82Burnley: 84Blackburn: 87Chorley: 89Durham: 53Darlington: 50Hartlepool: 55Middlesbrough: 48Sunderland: 50Gateshead: 49Morpeth: 51Hexham: 61Stockton-on-Tees: 50Whitley Bay: 50Ripon: 58Skipton: 78Whitby: 59Bridlington: 63Goole: 51Castleford: 52Dewsbury: 55Northallerton: 48Thirsk: 51Driffield: 59Boston: 53Skegness: 55Spalding: 50Louth: 57Grimsby: 55Scunthorpe: 55Gainsborough: 51Sleaford: 51Bourne: 56Horncastle: 57King's Lynn: 58Great Yarmouth: 61Lowestoft: 59Thetford: 59Cromer: 58Dereham: 58Felixstowe: 52Sudbury: 52Haverhill: 54Newmarket: 56Maidstone: 61Canterbury: 60Ashford: 66Folkestone: 72Dover: 70Margate: 55Sevenoaks: 66Tonbridge: 62Gravesend: 53Whitstable: 57Brighton: 69Worthing: 72Eastbourne: 70Hastings: 70Crawley: 62Horsham: 65Chichester: 69Bognor Regis: 67Haywards Heath: 67Lewes: 73Southampton: 65Portsmouth: 66Winchester: 66Andover: 63Fareham: 71Bournemouth: 69Poole: 68Weymouth: 72Dorchester: 75Aldershot: 59Plymouth: 80Torquay: 77Barnstaple: 87Newton Abbot: 73Exmouth: 66Tiverton: 79Truro: 86Falmouth: 80Penzance: 92Newquay: 78Yeovil: 68Wells: 78Minehead: 67Burnham-on-Sea: 70Chard: 73Shepton Mallet: 78Warminster: 70Melksham: 64Calne: 63Marlborough: 68Lowestoft
Lowestoft and the towns around it, sized by noise nights a year

Near Lowestoft

We fit panel roofs across the Broads, the Breckland and the Suffolk coast. The nearest towns in our ledger:

All Norfolk and Suffolk towns or every town we cover.

Guide prices in Lowestoft

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.

Guide prices from, by style and size
Style Small Medium Large
Lean-to £3,000 £4,000 £5,000
Edwardian £3,150 £4,200 £5,250
Victorian £3,300 £4,400 £5,500
Gable end £3,350 £4,500 £5,600
P-Shape £3,550 £4,700 £5,900
Grey framed conservatory with a white panel ceiling
Grey frames under a plain white ceiling.

Questions from Lowestoft

How many dry days does Lowestoft get for fitting a roof?

Our ledger counts 262 dry working days a year in Lowestoft, 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 Lowestoft than elsewhere?

The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Lowestoft has 59 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 21 hours of heavy rain.

What does a new conservatory roof cost in Lowestoft?

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 Lowestoft survey

Price a panel roof in Lowestoft

Tap through seven questions for a guide range. The surveyor then measures, tests the frame and commits the figure to paper.