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Cost to Build a Porch

Cost to Build a Porch

 
Funny things porches, usually they’re too small to be of any use and if they are big enough, they can ruin the look of the house. Considering their original use was to stop draughts and nowadays almost every house in the country has a plastic (draught free) door, I’m wondering why they get built at all. £2000+ is a lot of money for a “welly” store.

Anyway, that’s just my blinkered “ifitaintbrokedontfixit” opinion. You want a porch and my job is to price it for you! Firstly though, you must check if you need planning permission.

If you want a PVCu one, it will probably be “off the shelf” supplied and fitted by a local double glazing company, all your builder can do is lay the base for it.

If you want one built to your design, it will probably have brickwork at the bottom and wood or PVCu framework above. If you are doing the design work think about ventilation, they get very hot in summer. Then there’s the roof type, do you want a central ridge, or a lean to, or a flat roof? Also, will the roof be glass or “multiwall” polycarbonate (plastic), or if flat, felt or pre formed fibre glass?

Lastly, make sure any “imported” porch has a letter box and guttering and decide where the rain water is going to go.

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