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Hello Folks,
Would be most grateful for advice / opinions.
Going to get external insulation done on two up two down 50s corpo house.
All fine and straightforward enough except for the front projecting canopy over the front door. The advice we're getting is that we need to insulate that as with the rest of the house, otherwise we'll get a cold bridge.
I've seen many of these done, and in my opinion it ruins the look of the house. The canopy ends up looking bulky and blocky and loses all its 50s style.
I don't want to be too precious about it, but I think the modernist look and proportions of the canopy projections of the corpo houses give them their character.
Anyway, if there's no alternative I'll go ahead and get it insulated but I'd prefer if there could be some solution whereby I don't have to end up with a doorway canopy that looks like a michelin man.
If anyone has had it done and come up with a design solution I'd appreciate any tips!
thanks
Would be most grateful for advice / opinions.
Going to get external insulation done on two up two down 50s corpo house.
All fine and straightforward enough except for the front projecting canopy over the front door. The advice we're getting is that we need to insulate that as with the rest of the house, otherwise we'll get a cold bridge.
I've seen many of these done, and in my opinion it ruins the look of the house. The canopy ends up looking bulky and blocky and loses all its 50s style.
I don't want to be too precious about it, but I think the modernist look and proportions of the canopy projections of the corpo houses give them their character.
Anyway, if there's no alternative I'll go ahead and get it insulated but I'd prefer if there could be some solution whereby I don't have to end up with a doorway canopy that looks like a michelin man.
If anyone has had it done and come up with a design solution I'd appreciate any tips!
thanks