Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Nov 04, 2011 11:09 pm Part of our renovation plan is to enclose a covered landing on our 1950 brick house. Presently you walk up the stairs and there is a 2.5m x2.5m covered patio, before you get to the front door. This patio lends itself very easily to enclosing to become an official part of the house. This is the view from the front door ... Towards the steps: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And to the left is a small patio. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our plan is to move the front door to the current gap, put a window or glass panel in between the two existing columns, and then look at a french door or doors to go to the patio (along the line of bricks before the tiles of the patio). The area is under the existing roofline. (the big white urn pots will go!). My question is ... before I go hassle builders ... is this easily doable? Do I need council permission or detailed plans, given it is under the existing roofline? I would also like to know, would we need to raise the floor height given it is on the same level as the patio? There is a step up from this patio into the house (where the current front door is, where the photos were taken from) but I don't mind that staying, it sort of separates the 'house' from the 'entry'. This also leads me to my next question ... I really like the feature brick pattern, and would hate to lose it or cover it over. I'm wondering if its possible to clean it up and then seal it somehow, so it becomes the actual floor of the entry? Its a little quirky part of the house I'd like to keep. This depends on whether or not we can keep that floor level the same as the patio. All the walls would be rendered (cavity brick house) and the room is intended to be part of the main house. You can really use anything you want the main consideration would be how it looks once painted/finished - or the look you want. Cabinetmakers use MDF because its cheap… 2 10086 hmmm id assume youll get hit with the "natural product therefore variation in colour etc" excuse. How bad are we talking? One could argue that if none of the displays or… 3 2481 Firstly the ableflex that has been installed needs (manufactures specification) a sealant cap over the top, preventing water draining down between the slab and the… 3 7871 |