| Building The Perfect Porch For Your Home
| |
| | When considering the Porch roof, take a
|
| By front porch
| |
| | look at your home's style, roof and age.
|
| So, you're thinking about adding a new
| |
| | If you have large gabled two story bay
|
| Porch to your home and looking for the
| |
| | windows, a pitched roof will look far
|
| best advice and designs? Congratulations!
| |
| | better than a flat roof. (A pitched roof
|
| Keep reading, all will be revealed.
| |
| | is a term for roofs which look like
|
| There are many great reasons to add a new
| |
| | upside down V's)
|
| Porch to your home. You may have not
| |
| | Flat Porch roofs are better placed on
|
| considered them all. Here are the main
| |
| | flat fronted homes where the roofs run
|
| ones:
| |
| | flat and straight across the front of
|
| You want to improve the visual entrance
| |
| | your home. It might seem straight
|
| to your home, internally and externally.
| |
| | forward but start looking around and
|
| Increase the value of your home
| |
| | you'll see homes with pitched roofs and
|
| Create more space and more light
| |
| | bay windows with flat roof Porches
|
| Provide your home with the added security
| |
| | extending fully along to the bay - Most
|
| of a second door
| |
| | feel that this detracts from the house's
|
| Cut energy bills - keep warmth in
| |
| | potential.
|
| Some people have found additional uses
| |
| | If you have protruding bay windows, never
|
| too as Porches can make great storage
| |
| | look to extend it to form an enclosed
|
| areas for shoes, coats and in some cases
| |
| | Porch. There are other more appealing
|
| even tropical plants!
| |
| | designs to go for regardless of the shape
|
| Do I Need Porch Planning Permission ?
| |
| | of your bay. You'll be looking to bring
|
| It's the most frequently asked question
| |
| | appeal to your home and that of the
|
| so here's the answer:
| |
| | neighbourhood.
|
| The majority of Porches built in the UK
| |
| | The materials used to build the Porch
|
| do not require planning permission as
| |
| | should depend on the existing house and
|
| they fall into the category of "Permitted
| |
| | Porches can come fully glazed using
|
| Development" - Providing that:
| |
| | timber or UPVC or half glazed using
|
| The ground area of the new Porch does not
| |
| | brickwork, timber or UPVC. Porches often
|
| exceed 3 Square Metres.
| |
| | have more glazing than masonry.
|
| The height does not exceed 3 Metres above
| |
| | All new brickwork should match the
|
| ground level.
| |
| | existing house using the same bond and
|
| No part of a Front Porch is closer than 2
| |
| | mortar. Existing house style, windows,
|
| Metres to any highway.
| |
| | doors and brickwork are all considered by
|
| The building of your new Porch does not
| |
| | our designers to create the perfect match
|
| encroach on or over your neighbours
| |
| | and balance.
|
| property.
| |
| | The finishing touch is the right door to
|
| Your home is not a listed building or
| |
| | complete your Porch. At
|
| within a conservation area.
| |
| | Trustyle-uk.co.uk we have a vast range of
|
| These are the general guidelines although
| |
| | fully sculptured doors and together, we
|
| I would recommend that you seek
| |
| | find the right match, visual appeal and
|
| clarification with your local planning
| |
| | security for your home.
|
| department.
| |
| | Building A Porch - Terms
|
| If you are looking to have a new Porch
| |
| | Eaves
|
| built within the Midlands or Milton
| |
| | Where the roof overhangs the house wall
|
| Keynes, feel free to get in touch with us
| |
| | Bond And Mortar
|
| at Trustyle-uk.co.uk with any questions.
| |
| | Method or pattern of laying bricks
|
| Our qualified designers are always on
| |
| | together with the particular bedding
|
| hand to help with any questions on
| |
| | material used between the bricks.
|
| planning and design.
| |
| | Soldier Course
|
| Designing The Ideal Porch For Your Home
| |
| | This is a continuous straight line of
|
| Designing the perfect porch for your home
| |
| | upright brickwork.
|
| is easy when you know how. Many get this
| |
| | Door Canopies
|
| crucial bit wrong though. Even the most
| |
| | Is a roof over a front door, sometimes
|
| conscientious of home- owners with the
| |
| | supported by posts.
|
| best intentions can get this wrong.
| |
| | Stepped Houses
|
| I recently spoke to one of our best
| |
| | Where a part of the house is built
|
| designers about this very issue and he
| |
| | further forward than another.
|
| provided me with these excellent tips:
| |
| | Recessed Doorways
|
| Firstly, the new front Porch should
| |
| | Where the front door sits further back
|
| compliment the existing home.
| |
| | than the rest of the houses front wall,
|
| Of course, everybody knows this but
| |
| | normally with a roof or a protruding
|
| getting this part right is the most
| |
| | first floor room above.
|
| important part of the designers job. Do
| |
| | Pitched Roof
|
| this right and you could easily gain more
| |
| | Where a roof forms the shape of an upside
|
| value to a home than the cost of the
| |
| | down V.
|
| Porch itself.
| |
| | Halls Adjoining Houses
|
| The size of the Porch shouldn't be too
| |
| | Is a pair of attached houses where the
|
| big as to dominate the front of the house
| |
| | front doors are next to each other.
|
| or project forward of the bay.
| |
| |
|
