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Exterior Verandahs & Decks Design Dilemma

Turning carport into outdoor room

corrina_caberica

last month

So we have this ugly old carport which is also the main entrance to our house. My husband wants to tear it down and rebuild with a gabled roof line and close it in so that it becomes more of an outdoor entertaining area. We live in Tasmania so we need some protection from the winter weather but I also like the idea of a more open space in the summer. My main concern is making sure the new addition fits in with the rest of the house (cream brick). We are going round in circles with our ideas! Any advice welcome 😀

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Kate

last month

Gabled roof would be great. You could vary the roof treatment to let light in, this could be part translucent, open or openable.

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MB Design & Drafting
last month
Hip roof matching and joining existing. Bifold doors so you could use it as a garage if need be and obviously opening up for entertaining, etc.. It would all require demolishing the existing and building a whole new structure though.
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fianou luca
last month
I saw this idea recently, on a blog. They didn't do much except whiten and brighten the space, furnish it beautifully, put a proper ceiling on the carport, you can get insulated panelling that slides between the joists. They painted the breezeblocks they already had, but maybe you could add something similar? I am considering doing something similar...
corrina_caberica
Original Author
last month
Thanks for the ideas so far, we will be completely rebuilding this area and building a whole new structure, which is why I really want to get it right with the materials and design. I think where we are coming unstuck is I love a more open area, but my husband wants to close it all in as currently in the winter the wind and rain all blow in and get everything wet. As far as colours do you think I should go with contrasting against the brick (like a mid grey)?
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MB Design & Drafting
last month
I'd stay with the tans and browns to match existing.

Have a look at Jasper from Colorbond.

Grey is all a bit predictable now - much worse than the mission brown was in the past.
corrina_caberica
Original Author
last month
Thanks MB Design & Drafting, yes I have noticed an awful lot of grey whilst looking at other houses for inspiration. I’ll check out jasper.
corrina_caberica
Original Author
last month
fianou luca, I saw the breeze blocks used on the three birds renovating website recently, they looked amazing!
fianou luca
last month
@corrina_caberica I'll have a look, I want to use breezeblocks at my place. As for the new roof, if you extend the eaves and have them hang out a lot more than usual it keeps the rain out. Or you could have some sort of shutter that you can close it up in bad weather. Do you want to be out there in winter? Will you put a fireplace?
corrina_caberica
Original Author
last month
Maybe a wood heater as my husband is keen to do that.
MC Hamilton
last month
Not the look/colouring you going for but shutters or even blinds are a good way of keep it closed and warm in winter but opened up in summer.
corrina_caberica
Original Author
last month
I like the shutters, I think they would work well on the darker side of the carport that doesn’t get much sun.

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