Entrance Porches Can Be A Useful And Attractive Addition To A House
You will probably have noticed that some houses feature entrance porches and these porches can look very good and add a certain charm to a home. Porches Leeds city centre can be as attractive as porches east Leeds even though the settings are different. If you are considering PVC porches Leeds has some very attractive designs.
In the UK, many private homes have a small covered entrance way giving access to the front door. These often have a felted roof, which will deteriorate over time and require a replacement. For a new build, we can avoid this costly problem from the outset by using a GRP porch roof which makes the perfect long term addition.
An entrance porch can be an aesthetically pleasing addition to the front of a house and cheer up a boring front. Apart from this, you get an additional room so that bikes, umbrella stands and coat stands can be moved from a hallway out into the porch. This is especially useful when you consider the fact that all muddy and wet items need not enter the house and so make a mess inside. An entrance porch can also prevent excessive weathering of a front door. Solid timber doors paint can fade and crack under direct sunlight and excessive moisture. The PVC window and door frames of a modern entrance porch can withstand these extremes of weather, protecting the door and door frame within.
Adding a porch to your house is considered to be permitted development, and so when it comes to planning permission porches are exempt, providing that they meet certain requirements. You will need to apply for planning permission if the porch:
has a ground area (measured externally) of more than three square metres
is higher than three metres above ground level
is less than two metres away from the boundary of a dwelling house with a highway (which includes all public roads, footpaths, bridleways and byways)
You should measure the height of the porch from the ground level. If the ground is uneven, you should measure from the highest part of the surface.
Another reason for building an entrance porch that many people fail to consider is the energy saving value it has. The entrance porch acts as a heat trap, preventing heat from escaping a house when the front door is opened. It can also reduce heat leakage. By trapping a body of air in front of the door heat will not seep as readily through the door or through gaps beneath the door. The front door is one of the main areas of heat loss in a house. The addition of a front entrance porch can realise considerable energy bill savings.
The most popular type of entrance porches these days are PVC porches which stand up to the vagaries of the British weather better than the older style of timber or aluminium frames. These new porches come in a wide range of styles and shapes and the costs will vary accordingly.
In the UK, many private homes have a small covered entrance way giving access to the front door. These often have a felted roof, which will deteriorate over time and require a replacement. For a new build, we can avoid this costly problem from the outset by using a GRP porch roof which makes the perfect long term addition.
An entrance porch can be an aesthetically pleasing addition to the front of a house and cheer up a boring front. Apart from this, you get an additional room so that bikes, umbrella stands and coat stands can be moved from a hallway out into the porch. This is especially useful when you consider the fact that all muddy and wet items need not enter the house and so make a mess inside. An entrance porch can also prevent excessive weathering of a front door. Solid timber doors paint can fade and crack under direct sunlight and excessive moisture. The PVC window and door frames of a modern entrance porch can withstand these extremes of weather, protecting the door and door frame within.
Adding a porch to your house is considered to be permitted development, and so when it comes to planning permission porches are exempt, providing that they meet certain requirements. You will need to apply for planning permission if the porch:
has a ground area (measured externally) of more than three square metres
is higher than three metres above ground level
is less than two metres away from the boundary of a dwelling house with a highway (which includes all public roads, footpaths, bridleways and byways)
You should measure the height of the porch from the ground level. If the ground is uneven, you should measure from the highest part of the surface.
Another reason for building an entrance porch that many people fail to consider is the energy saving value it has. The entrance porch acts as a heat trap, preventing heat from escaping a house when the front door is opened. It can also reduce heat leakage. By trapping a body of air in front of the door heat will not seep as readily through the door or through gaps beneath the door. The front door is one of the main areas of heat loss in a house. The addition of a front entrance porch can realise considerable energy bill savings.
The most popular type of entrance porches these days are PVC porches which stand up to the vagaries of the British weather better than the older style of timber or aluminium frames. These new porches come in a wide range of styles and shapes and the costs will vary accordingly.
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