Emergency Roofer in Louth

Louth is small, coastal and old in places. Drogheda and Dundalk have long terraces of slate roofs from before 1946, and the coast from Clogherhead to Termonfeckin takes wind straight off the Irish Sea.

After Storm Éowyn in January 2025, Louth County Council dealt with over 180 incidents, from fallen trees to downed power lines, and about 2,700 homes in the county were still without power.

How old the homes are tells a roofer a lot before they arrive. 14% of homes here were built before 1946, mostly natural slate on timber, where nails and lead flashing are the usual failures. 27% went up between 1946 and 1980, and 40% between 1991 and 2010, when concrete tiles and felt were standard and ridge mortar, valleys and felt are now the weak points.

Rain is what turns storm damage into a leak. Around Dundalk it's about 884 mm a year; around Ardee, 828 mm. Every town here gets its most rain in the autumn and winter months, the same months the gales come.

• Dundalk884 mm
• Drogheda831 mm
• Ardee828 mm

Met Éireann's 1991–2020 averages, within 3 km of each town.

3% of households in Louth heat mainly with coal, peat or wood, so have a chimney in regular use. Chimneys in use go through more heat and moisture than capped ones, and their flashing and flaunching need watching. Chimney and flashing leaks explains what fails.

Largest towns (Census 2022): Drogheda (44,135), Dundalk (43,112), Ardee (5,478), Clogherhead (2,275), Dunleer (2,143), Termonfeckin (1,983). The roofer covers the towns, villages and townlands between them.