Front porch; repair or replace.

Phil4432

So our front porch has shown signs of movement, with cracks in the dwarf walls.  Its been coming away from the main house, which is absolutely fine.  Drainage and guttering absolutely fine.

The porch was there when we bought the house in '15, most probably has shallow footings.  I've had cracks in it repaired previously.  Its probably about a decade old at this point.

At this point I'm wondering whether to keep patching it up, which would involve underpinning the footings, or take it down and replace it with a PVC porch.  The windows/door/porch roof are absolutely fine and I'd rather repair than replace.

The gas meter is on the outer dwarf wall, main switch for electricity on the inner dwarf wall.  I'm probably going to get at least the gas meter moved to the main property, regardless of the porch being repaired or replaced.

Opinions much appreciated.

stuart45

Have you got any photos of it?

Phil4432

stuart45 said:

Have you got any photos of it?

Rather not post photos for privacy.  Standard 3 bed semi, porch has dwarf walls and then double glazing.

Looking down the street, most seem to opt for all PVC porches.  The dwarf walls are nice and it would be nice to keep them though.