One Dry Day

Conservatory roof replacement in Maidstone

Across 2024 and 2025 the Met Office 2 km model puts 694 mm a year on Maidstone, which makes it the 75th wettest of the 100 towns we counted. On 275 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: 61 nights a year bring an hour of moderate or heavier rain, 59th highest of 100. We replace polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofs in Maidstone with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.

275
dry working days a year
61
noise nights a year
694 mm
rain a year
White panel lean-to roof under heavy rain clouds
The clouds came after the panels went on.

Maidstone'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 Maidstone, January 2024 to December 2025.

2024770 mm of rain, 265 dry working days
2025616 mm of rain, 284 dry working days

When to book in Maidstone

August, June and April gave Maidstone the best odds of a dry working day; February gave the worst, at 61%.

The longest run of dry working days in a row was 42, ending in May 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 Maidstone
  1. 23Jan
  2. 18Feb
  3. 24Mar
  4. 26Apr
  5. 22May
  6. 26Jun
  7. 20Jul
  8. 29Aug
  9. 20Sep
  10. 22Oct
  11. 23Nov
  12. 24Dec

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

Rain at night in Maidstone

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. Maidstone had 61 a year, fewer than the 65 of the average town, and 6 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.

874 wet hours a year, by how hard it rains
  • Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)463 h
  • Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)393 h
  • Heavy (over 4 mm)18 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: 68Maidstone
Maidstone and the towns around it, sized by noise nights a year

Near Maidstone

We fit panel roofs across the Medway valley, the Weald and the coast from Thanet round to Folkestone. The nearest towns in our ledger:

All Kent towns or every town we cover.

Guide prices in Maidstone

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
Oak effect glazing bars with white panel ceiling between them
Oak effect bars, white panels between.

Questions from Maidstone

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

Our ledger counts 275 dry working days a year in Maidstone, 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 Maidstone than elsewhere?

The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Maidstone has 61 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 18 hours of heavy rain.

What does a new conservatory roof cost in Maidstone?

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 Maidstone survey

Price a panel roof in Maidstone

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