Concrete door canopy replacement

[flosswoss]

Hi. I have an ex-council house with one of those little porch type structures comprised of concrete posts and a 'cover'. The posts are loose and the whole thing is, to be honest, ugly. I can't afford a full porch but want some sort of protection from the elements that looks good but not too grand. The problem is I don't know what my options for replacing it are and would like some idea of what I want before the builder comes round. Any ideas would be fab

 

[loply]

If I were you I would knock up a little tiled lean-to / hipped type canopy, depending on the size you may not need the posts but they can look nice and add stability.

The concrete one will likely have steel reinforcement inside and may be set into the brickwork so make sure care is taken when it's removed, else half your outer leaf will come down with it.

 

[flosswoss]

Thank you, I've had a look at canopies on the Internet and some of them do look a bit odd without posts, like something's missing. Am hoping the builder will know what he's doing - am not sure what an outer leaf is, is it the external layer of bricks?