Danielle moved into her new build property on an exclusive new build development in a Harrogate village, and set about making some improvements.

She first contacted Oak By Design in November, after seeing one of the Oak By Design vans out and about in Harrogate, and looked into what products we offered.

She had wanted to change the existing door and porch entrance to her home since moving in. This would mean removing the existing porch/canopy, and replacing it with an oak porch, and removing the existing black door in a white frame with leaded light sidelights.

Amanda contacted Danielle, after receiving her email, and asked for all the relevant details, such as design and measurements, and then sent her useful information on what was required for her to provide a quotation. As Danielle didn’t have a builder to provide the installation, Amanda suggested that the Oak By Design team install the porch.

Jamie went to visit Danielle at the start of December and together they decided on the perfect sized porch. Danielle had initially thought she would have a 2-post porch, but eventually decided on a 4-post one.

The main advantage of having 4 posts is that the back 2 posts are screwed directly onto the house wall. On a 2-post porch the horizontal timbers that run from the front of the porch to the back, and support the roof rafters, have to be embedded into the house wall to support them.

Danielle opted for a truss with a king post and 2 diagonal braces. 2 curved braces were chosen for the front elevation, and solid oak tongue and groove boards finished off the underside of the roof.

The pitch of the roof was to be 30°, the width is 2350mm, the depth is 1470mm and the overall height is 2940mm.

She chose the Osmo Polyx UV 420 oil in Clear, a lovely satin finish.

For the oak door Danielle wanted privacy, but wanted some light to enter the hallway.

Danielle had the option of having the sidelights in a frosted glass and a small window in the door with clear glass fit, to check who is at the door, or all 3 glazed units frosted.

She opted for a fully boarded oak door with both the small window and the sidelights having frosted glass. Again, the Osmo Polyx UV oil in 420 was to be used on these too.

The installation team fitted the porch first, and whilst installing the roof they realised, due to the pitch and depth of the porch roof, that they could create an unusual pattern on the sides of the roof with the slates.

As Danielle’s house is at the far end of the road, the side of her porch can be seen as her neighbours drive home!

Photo's of this can be seen at the bottom of the case study.

The team then installed the oak door and frame. Shortly after, Danielle emailed Jamie to say “I love the door, it looks great. I forgot about the letterbox though, so I’ve ordered a wall mounted one!”

We must admit though, sometimes a letterbox looks better on the wall!

The front of Danielle’s house was rather impressive before the new porch and door were installed, but the oak transformation has certainly created an absolutely stunning entrance to her fabulous new home.