Porch Building Burton-upon-Trent

It would be a wise idea to talk to an expert builder in Burton-upon-Trent with regards to the design and planning of your proposed porch. You can also get a wealth of information and innovative ideas for porches on the internet.

What materials you are going to use for the ceiling, the walls, the floor, the roof, the door and the windows, will be the first details to consider if you decide to go ahead with a porch.

Other elements to think about are furnishings, internal design, electrics, decoration and storage options.

Planning Permission - Is it Required for Building a Porch? At the time of writing this posting, you should not need to apply for planning permission for a porch in Burton-upon-Trent if the porch does not exceed a ground area of three square metres, no component of the porch construction is more than 3 metres above ground level, no portion of the porch is within 2m of any highway or 2 metres from the boundary of the property, your dwelling is a house, not a flat, maisonette or other type of building.

However, you should certainly check with your local planning office before proceeding. Your chosen Burton-upon-Trent porch builder will probably include this liason with the planning office in his estimate. Be sure, and check!

Building Regulations: Always remember that planning permission is different to building regulations. Where porches are involved you WILL need building regulations approval unless the porch is lower than 30m2 and at ground level, any disabled access is maintained and the exterior door remains in place. Building regulations approval is always needed for certain windows and all electrical installations.

The Benefits of a Porch Extension: Adding a porch extension to your home in Burton-upon-Trent can have certain benefits, these would be: enhancing the property's appeal to prospective buyers when you need to put it on the market, minimizing heat loss through your front door, give you a little bit of extra storage space, providing somewhere to hang coats, stand wet umbrellas and leave muddy boots, raising the value of the property, giving character to a previously plain entrance, an extra deterrent to burglars and offering a place to leave bicycles.

For the latest regulations on porches take a look here: Porches.

Burton-upon-Trent porch building specialists can normally help you with porch entrances, insurance quotations, porch roofing, aluminium porches, verandas and porches, UPVC porches, porch guttering, porch design and planning, porch supplies and materials, porch repairs, porch restoration, lean-to porches, porch windows and doors, porch doors, cheap porch building, porch tiling, porch columns, porch planning permission assistance, oak porches, porch door fitting, front porches, porch canopies, house porches, porch lighting, porch building quotes, glass porches and other porch related services in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.

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