One Dry Day

Conservatory roof replacement in Minehead

Minehead had 985 mm of rain a year across 2024 and 2025, more than the 911 mm the average town in our ledger had. That still leaves 253 days a year with under 0.2 mm between 8am and 4pm, the kind of day a roof comes off and goes back on.

It also counts 67 noise nights a year, nights with rain hard enough to drum on polycarbonate between 11pm and 7am. We replace polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofs in Minehead with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.

253
dry working days a year
67
noise nights a year
985 mm
rain a year
Victorian conservatory with a white insulated panel roof in sun
The same Victorian, panel roof on.

Minehead'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 Minehead, January 2024 to December 2025.

20241,062 mm of rain, 249 dry working days
2025908 mm of rain, 257 dry working days

When to book in Minehead

In Minehead the driest working months were June, July and August, and the wettest was September, when 53% of days stayed dry from 8am to 4pm.

The longest run of dry working days in a row was 21, ending in November 2024. The longest wait without one was 9 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 Minehead
  1. 23Jan
  2. 18Feb
  3. 22Mar
  4. 20Apr
  5. 23May
  6. 25Jun
  7. 24Jul
  8. 24Aug
  9. 16Sep
  10. 21Oct
  11. 18Nov
  12. 21Dec

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

Rain at night in Minehead

A noise night is one with at least an hour of moderate rain (0.5 mm or more) between 11pm and 7am. Minehead had 67 a year, about the same as 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.

1,220 wet hours a year, by how hard it rains
  • Light (under 0.5 mm an hour)665 h
  • Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)528 h
  • Heavy (over 4 mm)28 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: 68Minehead
Minehead and the towns around it, sized by noise nights a year

Near Minehead

We fit panel roofs across the Levels, the Mendips and the chalk towns of west Wiltshire. The nearest towns in our ledger:

All Somerset and Wiltshire towns or every town we cover.

Guide prices in Minehead

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
Lean-to with a white panel ceiling and a pale floor
A lean-to that feels like a room.

Questions from Minehead

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

Our ledger counts 253 dry working days a year in Minehead, 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 Minehead than elsewhere?

The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Minehead has 67 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 28 hours of heavy rain.

What does a new conservatory roof cost in Minehead?

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 Minehead survey

Price a panel roof in Minehead

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