Hi,
I'm adding a small roofed porch to the front of my house - it'll be about wide 1.4m x 1m extending off the front of the house.
The house is pretty old so I'm planning on building an inner single skin block wall and then facing it with local stone. (The wall will only be half height so that a wooded frame can can sit on top with windows on both sides and slate roof on top).
Any tips on construction? I'm thinking 100mm wide block with dpm to first brick height, 30mm cavity and then approx 80mm natural stone facing. Do the bocks and facing need to be bound together with butterfly connectors etc?
PS. what other names do (British style) porches have - google searches just bring up endless American open-with-a-wooden-swing style porches?
I'm adding a small roofed porch to the front of my house - it'll be about wide 1.4m x 1m extending off the front of the house.
The house is pretty old so I'm planning on building an inner single skin block wall and then facing it with local stone. (The wall will only be half height so that a wooded frame can can sit on top with windows on both sides and slate roof on top).
Any tips on construction? I'm thinking 100mm wide block with dpm to first brick height, 30mm cavity and then approx 80mm natural stone facing. Do the bocks and facing need to be bound together with butterfly connectors etc?
PS. what other names do (British style) porches have - google searches just bring up endless American open-with-a-wooden-swing style porches?