UPVC & Brick Porches

Porches are regularly used as a placed for comers and go-ers to take off and put on their shoes, coats and other outdoor clothing, particularly in the winter months. Therefore, in order for a porch to serve its purpose properly, it must be as warm and thermally efficient as the main building. This is easily achievable by incorporating modern double glazed windows, doors and roofing systems so the porch will become a much welcomed shelter if the weather has taken a turn for the worse while you’re out and about.

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Quite often a porch is more of a functional improvement to the home, rather than an aspirational investment such as an orangery or conservatory. Even so, many homeowners with a porch will testify that they now couldn’t live without one, such is its usefulness for hanging coats, storing shoes and generally enabling them to have a clean and clutter-free home. A porch with UPVC windows and doors, and a lightweight Warm Roof, is probably much more affordable than you think and is almost a must-have for properties that house large families and welcome regular guests.

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UPVC is the favoured material for the majority of homeowners which is no surprise when you consider how affordable, enduring and easy to clean it is. The level of energy efficiency UPVC provides is incomparable too making it a popular draw for anyone looking to reduce the cost of energy bills and reliance on central heating. Its adaptability as a building material means it can easily be moulded into decorative gable ends and it contains a curved external bead. It oozes in charm and authenticity.

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Classic UPVC can be whatever colour you want it to be: a specially developed paint application process can be employed to match even the most unique colours. In the standard colour range, however, are timeless classics such as White, Whitegrain, Cream and Chartwell Green - a great choice for your new Porch. Emerging favourites include Black, Grey and Irish Oak.

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The majority of porches are considered as a ‘permitted development’ and do not require planning permission. This means that your project can likely be started and finished much quicker that would be the case if a planning application had to be submitted. Porches that will be added to a house will be a permitted development so long as (1) the internal ground floor area does not exceed three square metres; (2) no part of the porch is more than three metres above ground level; (3) no part of the porch is within two metres of any boundary of the dwelling and the highway.

Building Regs - In the same ways that porches often don’t need planning permission, they are commonly exempt from building regulations too, providing that they are less than thirty square metres in size, measured internally. The main front entrance door between the existing house and new porch much remain in situ, and the new porch must not adversely affect any ramped or levelled access. Needless to say the fitting of glazing and any fixed electrical installations much comply with the relevant section of building regulations.

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