improving appearance of porch/from door
lewade
5 years ago
We really dislike our existing front door and porch area, it has old corrugated glass a tatty wooden frame and a poor quality front door. Behind this outer porch is the original wooden from door with patterned clear glass, the brick work is painted with and piping can be seen in black.
Our initial thought was to replace the glass with etched glass and replace the door with solid wood door in a similar style... alternatively clear glass to allow us to see the original behind. Any thoughts or comments would be great.
Thank you in advance!
Our initial thought was to replace the glass with etched glass and replace the door with solid wood door in a similar style... alternatively clear glass to allow us to see the original behind. Any thoughts or comments would be great.
Thank you in advance!
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Jonathan
5 years agoIn my humble opinion the proportions of the door and window are as much as a problem as the materials.
Do you have the budget to start again?
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoRelated Discussions
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5 years agoThank you for your comments. Unfortunately we can't take the porch out as our adjoining neighbours porch is attached to ours, we also want to keep costs down if possible. Our initial thoughts are to maintain the existing framework but with one of the following:
- replace all glass with clear glazing, replace front door with Hal's clear glazed door so the you can then see the original front of the house (we have the original solid oak door which is bare wood with textured glazing)
- replace all glass with etched glass and Hampton part glazed or solid London wood door.
- reverse etched number above the door
Any thoughts would be great....Dilemma continues!
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