Conservatory roof replacement in Torquay
Across 2024 and 2025 the Met Office 2 km model puts 1,252 mm a year on Torquay, which makes it the 11th wettest of the 100 towns we counted. On 251 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: 77 nights a year bring an hour of moderate or heavier rain, 21st highest of 100. We replace polycarbonate and glass conservatory roofs in Torquay with 75 mm insulated panel roofs from £3,000, fitted onto the frame you have.
- 251
- dry working days a year
- 77
- noise nights a year
- 1,252 mm
- rain a year
Torquay'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 Torquay, 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 Torquay
May, June and August gave Torquay the best odds of a dry working day; February gave the worst, at 58%.
The longest run of dry working days in a row was 18, ending in July 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.
- 21Jan
- 17Feb
- 22Mar
- 19Apr
- 26May
- 25Jun
- 21Jul
- 24Aug
- 19Sep
- 21Oct
- 19Nov
- 21Dec
dry working days, the three highest picked out. Average of 2024 and 2025.
Rain at night in Torquay
A noise night is one with at least an hour of moderate rain (0.5 mm or more) between 11pm and 7am. Torquay had 77 a year, more than the 65 of the average town, and 12 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)572 h
- Moderate (0.5 to 4 mm)640 h
- Heavy (over 4 mm)43 h
Near Torquay
We fit panel roofs across the far south west, from Barnstaple and Tiverton down to Penzance. The nearest towns in our ledger:
Guide prices in Torquay
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 Torquay
How many dry days does Torquay get for fitting a roof?
Our ledger counts 251 dry working days a year in Torquay, 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 Torquay than elsewhere?
The roof is the same anywhere; the rain is not. Torquay has 77 noise nights a year against 65 in the average town we track, and 43 hours of heavy rain.
What does a new conservatory roof cost in Torquay?
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 Torquay survey
- Weighing it upReplace conservatory roof or whole conservatory: read the frame first
- Rain and soundPolycarbonate roof noisy in rain? Why the sheets drum, and what quietens them
- QuestionsAre insulated conservatory roof panels any good? The honest ledger
- LightingConservatory ceiling lights in a panel roof: spotlights, pendants and cables
Price a panel roof in Torquay
Tap through seven questions for a guide range. The surveyor then measures, tests the frame and commits the figure to paper.