North Dublin · storm damage and leaks
Emergency Roofer in North Dublin
One local roofer covers all of north Dublin, including Swords, Balbriggan, Malahide and Skerries, and rings you back 6am to 7pm, seven days a week. 4% of homes here were built before 1946, and around Balbriggan it rains about 780 mm a year.
Storm damage, leaks and slipped slates in Swords, Balbriggan, Malahide, Skerries. Tell us in 3 taps and the roofer rings you back.
Free, no obligation. One local roofer rings you back, 6am to 7pm, seven days a week.
- 107,599households in Fingal
- 4%built before 1946, against 15% nationally
- 17%detached, against 41% nationally
- 780 mmof rain a year around Balbriggan
Roofs and weather in north Dublin
North Dublin is the driest of our five areas but the windiest on record nearby: Dublin Airport sits in the middle of Fingal. Most homes are newer estates in Swords, Balbriggan and Malahide, with the coast at Skerries, Rush and Portmarnock taking the easterlies.
Dublin Airport averages 7.8 days of gales a year, most of them from November to February, and its highest gust on Met Éireann's 1991–2020 record is 80 knots, about 148 km/h.
How old the homes are tells a roofer a lot before they arrive. 4% of homes here were built before 1946, mostly natural slate on timber, where nails and lead flashing are the usual failures. 22% went up between 1946 and 1980, and 48% between 1991 and 2010, when concrete tiles and felt were standard and ridge mortar, valleys and felt are now the weak points.
Where the rain falls hardest
Rain is what turns storm damage into a leak. Around Balbriggan it's about 780 mm a year; around Malahide, 732 mm. Every town here gets its most rain in the autumn and winter months, the same months the gales come.
Met Éireann's 1991–2020 averages, within 3 km of each town.
Chimneys in use, towns covered
1% of households in Co. Dublin as a whole 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): Swords (40,776), Balbriggan (24,322), Malahide (18,608), Rush (10,875), Portmarnock (10,750). The roofer covers the towns, villages and townlands between them.
Water coming in? Do this first
- Stay safe. Don't go on the roof or up a ladder in wind or rain. Keep clear of anything hanging loose.
- Catch the water. Buckets under drips, move what you can, and switch off lights or sockets near the wet.
- Take photos and video of the damage inside and out, close up and wide, once it's safe.
- Get a roofer out for a temporary repair, and keep every receipt. Insurers usually pay for temporary repairs.
- Tell your insurer as soon as you can.
Roof jobs we pass on
Storm damageSlates off, ridge loose, flashing lifted. €600 to €3,000+.More on storm damage →
Roof leaksFinding where the water really gets in. €300 to €900.More on roof leaks →
Slipped slates and tilesRefixed or replaced before the wind lifts the next. €350 to €1,100.More on slipped slates and tiles →
Chimney and flashingLead, soakers and back gutters. €650 to €2,500.More on chimney and flashing →
Gutters after a stormDown, loose or overflowing, and the damp it causes.More on gutters after a storm →
Emergency tarpingKeeping the weather out until the repair.More on emergency tarping →Every area and town we cover
- Louth49,332 households
- Meath72,549 households
- Monaghan22,855 households
- Cavan28,776 households
- North Dublin107,599 households
- DundalkCo. Louth
- DroghedaCo. Louth
- ArdeeCo. Louth
- NavanCo. Meath
- AshbourneCo. Meath
- TrimCo. Meath
- KellsCo. Meath
- Monaghan townCo. Monaghan
- CarrickmacrossCo. Monaghan
- CastleblayneyCo. Monaghan
- ClonesCo. Monaghan
- Cavan townCo. Cavan
- VirginiaCo. Cavan
- BailieboroughCo. Cavan
- CootehillCo. Cavan
- Swordsnorth Dublin
- Balbriggannorth Dublin
- Malahidenorth Dublin
- Skerriesnorth Dublin
What's happened
Tell us what's happened in 3 taps
Tap what's wrong and leave your number. It goes to one roofing company that covers your area, and they ring you back, 6am to 7pm, seven days a week.
Questions people ask
Do you cover all of north Dublin?
Yes. Requests from anywhere in Fingal go to one roofing company that covers your area.
When does the roofer ring?
6am to 7pm, seven days a week. Send the form any time and they ring you in those hours.
Which town in north Dublin gets the most rain?
Of the towns here, Balbriggan: about 780 mm a year. Malahide gets about 732 mm.
How much does a repair cost here?
A few slipped slates are €350 to €1,100 and a chimney flashing €650 to €2,500. The roofer prices your job after seeing it.
Roof damaged? Tell us in 3 taps
One local roofer rings you back, 6am to 7pm, seven days a week. Free, no obligation.