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Well...
Two months and about £2,000 later we have a porch. It's still standing, and it doesn't seem to let in water even in torrential rain. So I guess that counts as a result. The exterior still needs to be rendered, but there's no hurry, and that can be done when the weather improves.Like many of the projects I undertake, I'm not entirely sure I would have started this one if I had known at the outset how much work would be involved. But I say that every time, so I ought to have learned my lesson by now. As always, I seem to find myself starting jobs like this in the last throws of Autumn, and there's a rush to get them finished before Winter sets in properly. There's no doubt that a job like this would have been easier, more pleasant, and less stressful if started in June than at the end of October. But it's when Winter is approaching that you realize that you need a porch -- it's not so obvious in Summer.
Approximate costs
So how did I spend £2000?| Interior fitting | £330 |
| Foundation | £300 |
| Bricklaying | £300 |
| Door and door hanging | £270 |
| Roof tiling | £170 |
| Roof fascia, trim, and guttering | £320 |
| Roof framing | £120 |
| Window | £80 |
| Making good | £50 |
| Flooring | £30 |
| Doorstep | £10 |
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| Total | £1980 |
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