ᐅ Is the porch roof above the entrance too dark?

Created on: 3 Feb 2016 20:05
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Legurit
Hello everyone,

we have the handover coming up soon. Unfortunately, the builder forgot the porch roof and has now asked us to consider it. We are supposed to think about whether a covered porch might make the entrance area too dark. There is a meeting with the carpenter on Friday; alternatively, he suggested considering a glass roof. The construction specification simply states "A porch roof over the front door with two wooden posts."

What kind of porch roofs do you have? Is it too dark for you in the entrance area? We have a brick-faced gable roof house with the entrance on the eaves side.

Thanks and best regards.
Jochen1045 Feb 2016 13:15
Does your porch roof have the same pitch as your main roof? In my opinion, anything else doesn’t look good on traditional roofs.

We simply extended the flat roof of our garage forward and continued it over the front door. So far, this has been a really successful solution for us. However, it wasn’t exactly cheap either.
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Legurit
5 Feb 2016 13:17
No, that won’t work – we have a 45° roof pitch. The porch roof would be too high; it would look odd – we once visualized it that way.
Jochen1045 Feb 2016 13:19
BeHaElJa schrieb:
No, that’s not possible – we have a 45° roof pitch. The porch roof would be too high; it would look strange – we once visualized that.

Okay, with a 45° pitch, that makes sense. In that case, I would have preferred a glass option anyway.