If there's one feature I'd always recommend you include when designing a new home, or renovating one, it's a porch. While it may not always seem like a necessity, in the UK climate it really is.

Q. Our 90 year old house has a front porch that is falling apart. It looks like the stones that are holding up the front posts are tipping to the side or sinking downward, pulling the porch floor and ...

It’s the roof that defines the feeling of shelter — a threshold between exposure and comfort, sky and hearth.

Learn practical insights and techniques for building or upgrading a porch roof that’s both sturdy and stylish.