Have you ever noticed porch canopies or door porches fitted to properties? If the answer is yes, then the chances are you may not have noticed the properties either side, and this is why property developers very often have porch canopies fitted.
It is a fact that door porches draw the eye to a property in a way that is hard to achieve in any other way – at least not for the same low cost and convenience. If you’re looking to sell your property and need a way to help your home stand out within a market that’s currently growing at a rapid rate, then fitting cheap door porches could well make all the difference.
Many people assume that the process is both expensive and time-consuming, but in fact if you choose porch canopies made from a material known as glass reinforced polyester. Or GRP, then the process is extremely affordable and can be carried out in the same time it takes you to have your breakfast.
Nothing could be simpler, and as GRP porch canopies are cold fitted, meaning there’s no naked flame or need for heat to seal the material, it can be safely carried out with people around at the same time.
Perhaps though you’re wondering whether something so lightweight and quick to install could ever look convincing, strong, durable and stylish? Is convenience purchased at the cost of anything else?
In fact there are very few materials as durable as GRP, and it is certainly a far preferable material to use for door porches in the UK simply because it is completely waterproof, resistant to mould and mildew, and can be left for many years without maintenance, unlike timber based door porches or felt lined porch roofs.
Today’s GRP porch canopies can be ordered in an astonishing range of styles, from contemporary to Roman, from classic to Greek, and from modern to traditional, and each is available in a variety of finishes.
In fact it is perfectly possible to purchase door porches with a lead finish effect which even close up looks exactly like the real thing. Very few people look at a lead lined roof and climb up to have a feel to check to see if it’s genuine or not.
A lead lined effect porch canopy may only take a matter of minutes to install, but it will provide many years of dependable shelter and visual style, and can be largely forgotten since unlike timber, felt roofing or lead, you need not worry about carrying out routine maintenance or repairs to keep it looking good.
But of course although GRP porch canopies provide an ideal solution for those people looking to move house and needing a little extra help to get noticed in an ever more crowded market, door porches have many other benefits too.
For those not looking to move there is every good reason to have porch canopies fitted, not least of which is the fact that it provides a significant amount of shelter.
Here in the UK we’re fairly used to rain. We can become so used to it that we see it as our lot to accept the fact that we will become soaked whilst standing on our own doorstep fumbling for our keys and wondering whether our newspaper will be any good for anything other than a quick papier mache session.
But by having porch canopies fitted you can enjoy arriving home and being sheltered from the very moment you arrive, able to sort yourself out before bursting in to your home a sodden mess.
The same is true for any guests who come to visit you. If you know it’s raining and someone’s at the door you can often feel such a desperate urge to leap to their rescue that you end up getting dressed on the way out of the bathroom, flinging the dinner into the cat bowl by mistake and hurling your youngest child into the litter tray.
Instead, by having GRP porch canopies fitted you can relax, knowing that your guests are being offered a friendly welcome and shelter even before you’ve lit the flowers and watered the candles.
GRP porch canopies can even be fitted with lights so that at night your door is well lit, providing a valuable method of increasing your home’s security, as well as making it even easier to find the keys that seem magically drawn to the furthest, deepest reaches of any bag into which they are dropped.
