Overhang: The new covered porch offers protection, creates transition from interior to exterior and announces the entry to approaching visitors. “It was important for the covered porch to extend past the house so it was visible from the street and the driveway,” Stubb says. She wanted a visual cue to call out to people on the path, inviting them to the home’s somewhat obscured entry.
The slope of the existing roof inspired the angle of the entry overhang, and Stubb inverted the slope so that it opens up toward the approach from the street. “The shape of the angled porch roof sets the tone for a truly modern entryway,” Stubb says.
The builders constructed the cover using round steel posts set on footers. A wood-framed structure with a standing seam roof and a cherrywood underside tops the posts. The fascia is wrapped in black aluminum. The roof is 9 feet 2 inches tall at its highest point and 11 feet 6 inches wide by 10 feet 10 inches deep.
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