ABOUT DOOR CANOPIES

Door canopies are fixed to the wall above a front door, providing weather protection at less cost than a porch. They also give more character to otherwise plain doorways. The structure of a door canopy may be made in timber (hardwood or softwood) or in glass reinforced polyester (GRP). The roof may be of actual tiles or slates; most commonly the roof is made in moulded GRP, giving a tiled effect.

LEADING UK DOOR CANOPY SUPPLIERS

The following UK suppliers of door canopies have comprehensive and informative websites, with information on materials for door canopies, types of door canopy, and installation and maintenance of door canopies.

Canopy Products of Ramsbottom, Lancashire, is a specialist in the manufacture of timber door canopies. Its Dalesman canopy range is a light weight product useful on refurbishment projects as well as new build, at a fraction of the cost of a porch. The canopy can receive tiles; slate, felt tiles or GRP slate effect roof in grey or terracotta red with a integral gutter that discharges the rain water at each end of the canopy. Extra gallows brackets may be purchased separately. The Canopy is treated with Honeysuckle Glasurit Glassohyd natural base coat fungicide stain. A pair of L30S gallows brackets complete the canopy. Extra gallows brackets may be purchased separately. The canopy is carried in stock at 1500mm long as standard. Door canopies are in traditional styles, including Victorian.

Yorkshire Canopies supplies a range of GRP plastic door canopies in traditional styles. The tiled effect roof comes in slate grey or terracotta and the wood panel effect is in white or brown. Their products can be delivered in two to three weeks, and are simple to fit.

Home DIY Store of Cambourne, Cambridge, supplies a range of contemporary door canopies made of aluminium and glass. The canopy is constructed of glass, with may have a single pitch, a double pitch, or be curved.

Zenith Staybrite, part of the Bowater Home Improvements Group, supplies a range of GRP plastic door canopies in traditional designs. There is a choice of grey, terracotta or red brick tiled effect roofs also in GRP. Pillars and columns can be added in Plain Grecian, Fluted Grecian, and Kent Pillar designs. Zenith Staybrite has sales of over £120 million a year in PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories, making it one of the largest companies in the UK in the double glazing industry. It manufactures over 200,000 windows and doors for over 30,000 customers every year, and employs over 2500 people.

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON DOOR CANOPIES

We recommend the following websites, with building product information including manufacturers' specs, standard specifications, and CAD details: Barbour Compendium, RIBA Product Selector Plus, ASC Bricsnet, Building Products Index, British Board of Agrément, British Standards Online.

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