porch

Hi all, I'm designing a porch/decking area along the rear of my house and I'm struggling to work out how to put a roof on it. I'm only at early design stages at the moment but I've included a rough plan and end elevation. The problem is I want to put a roof over the large decked area which...

Hi My small porch is getting badly condensated. I was curious to know why and noticed that the soffits had no air vents. I removed the soffits to see what the insulation was like and found very thin insulation sheets (about 50-100mm thick), but also noticed that the insulation is on top of a...

Can anyone name this type of brick? The house was built in the 90s and it has a pink tinge to it. We're hoping to use the same type of brick for the new porch we hope to build.

Hello, We have a porch with decorative concrete blocks and the previous owners put up some plastic sheeting in order to cover them and create a makeshift room. However, the plastic is flimsy. Lots of soil, rubbish and insects come into the porch from under the plastic and it rattles in the...

I am in the U.S. I need to replace an exterior porch corner post/column. The column I am replacing is on a first floor porch which has another porch above it and the second floor porch has a roof over that porch. The house is 100 years old and the existing post/column is made from four 1x6...