My porch...

Alias_Omega

So there we are, my porch is an old council outhouse with a nice 4" hole through the wall for some form of vent. Pretty cold in that place, with no windows either.

So the plan was to have the window installed, to let some light into the hallway/stairs as after 5pm its pretty much dark and you always need the lights on.


Porch at Start








Window installed, not really a good job. I paid £360 for this.










Nearly there, Just a few more coats of paint, 4" hole still exists & wondering if to block it up. No heating in the porch so just a cold storage room.






Oh the joys of a week off and a gift card for B&Q.

ormus

find a nice cheap cupboard (or a free one) and cut the back out of it. paint it to suit.
itll cover the gas meter nicely.

Alias_Omega

We did think about the cupboard thing, but if it has no bottom section, the doors will drag across the floor.

Therefore will need to be stepped up from the floor.

Swipe

Great job. It looks a 100 times better

ormus

you can either trim 5mm off the bottonm of the doors or attach 5mm bottom strips to the two sides, or even use little hidden feet.

Alias_Omega

A good idea, and i could seal it from the inside.

Wondering if i need to leave enough space to get the meter out / in or if i can leave a small hole to read it, with the option to remove the whole unit at a later date.

I guess when we rent it out, the meter will be changed to a key-item.

Lube

Nice job I agree you need a cupboard for meter and its complete

keith969

Looks much better, why not fill up the hole and plaster over it? Maybe it was for a tumble dryer in the past, but no need having cold air coming in.

You could put in a radiator to heat the room if you can run the pipes into the room, or if not put an electric radiator in?

ormus

for now just leave enough space to read it.
id make sure it was easy to remove for future maintenence.
say a four screw fixing to the wall?

Alias_Omega

keith969 wrote: »

Looks much better, why not fill up the hole and plaster over it? Maybe it was for a tumble dryer in the past, but no need having cold air coming in.

You could put in a radiator to heat the room if you can run the pipes into the room, or if not put an electric radiator in?

The walls are the same panels that were fitted originally, i fitted some batton and nailed them back on.

The porch is an outhouse, so just a cold store room. I could block it up from the outside. Might take the cover off, put some felt across it and refit.

I would like a air supply in there, so it doesnt get cold.

The idea was to fit the window etc to give some light into the hallway. It now looks like someone has left the lights on.

Alias_Omega

Lube wrote: »

Nice job I agree you need a cupboard for meter and its complete

Hi all,

really struggling to find a cupboard to go in here.

any ideas where to get one from.

tried the local paper, charity shops.

Alias