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Thanks for replies, the irony is the guy that put it in is a builder by trade..... Dont know what fitting is like from the inside, and i'm sure this would leak too you can see two points which are outside of the window flashing gulleys ! - a question you guys might know, looking at the...

Wonder if anyone could offer an opinion to whats gone on with this window fitment ( apart from the fact its poor ! ) Its on a house that i'm looking at buying, so looking at whats involved to rectify it. Thanks - although you cant quite see from the straight on photo, the tiles kick...

Ok imagine you have two outbuildings (planning under PD) one 25m2 and one 15m2 so both are under 30m2 buidling regs exempt. NOW, imagine you want to connect these two buildings by way of a weatherproof coridoor : so does this now need buidling regs, since maybe ? this structure is now...

thanks for replies guys, piecing all the facts together, it now makes a bit more sense to me that the front porch is a special case extension not normally allowed on the front of a building and in fact at the rear , a porch would actually tend to be a small conservatory ( as in regs )

thanks for the input.

thanks jeds for the reply, that must be why i have seen no reference to rear porch's. I shall now investigate the planning requirements for a conservatory/extension ( porch size ! ) thanks Nick.

Haha like the pictures ! Ok pic1 is a good suggestion, have tried this one however it makes it worse. Why ? Since ear defenders block out alot of the white/ambient noise it then focus's your attention on the shouting/speech that his got through. Pic2 fair enough, but better the devil you...

I'm in the same boat, have an ugly concrete slab for a porch. However it is joined to the neighbors ugly slab too so anything I do would just look wrong. However two suggestions for yours: 1 how about a small sloping roof section which matched your main roof ? At least it would look 'factory'...

I've been treated to some new neighbors. Wondering if anyone has had any success with fencing to reduce the volume of noise heard from neighbors while in gardens ? At present I have cheap fence panels with many gaps, so looking to replace with a much more solid gap free version. Just not...

Hi, I have found lots of info about Porch's on the front of the house, ie <3 sqm floor area and >2m from highway boundary etc ...but almost nothing on the definition of a 'REAR' porch. Does anyone know ? I would like to build a rear porch on the back of my end terrace house, but because...