Categories for Door Canopies
April 2, 2026 12:13 pm
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Installation Gallery Complete kerbside makeover The house-building boom that followed the Second World War made best use of whatever materials could be found to construct the new homes that were so badly needed. But one design feature from that era, and even as recently as the 1970s, is still causing problems for homeowners today. We are talking about the dreaded finlock concrete gutters fitted to many houses, originally because of a shortage of iron and steel. Nowadays, of course, most gutters, soffits and downpipes are made of tough and long-lasting pvc, which wasn’t so readily available back then. Summit Cladding have carried out several installations over the years that have included the removal and replacement of finlock gutters, and this... View Article
February 26, 2026 12:02 pm
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Installation Gallery Pitched roof door canopy The importance of first impressions when looking at the front of a house can never be over-stated. Does it have the wow factor or is there room for improvement? Summit Cladding’s latest task fell squarely into the second category. The house, in Muswell Hill, North London, had two features that immediately drew the eye. The first was the chequerboard-style grey brickwork surrounding the front door. The second was the two exposed downpipes on either side of it, especially the large soil pipe connected to the bathroom and toilet. Weatherproof and camouflage plan The owner’s solution was to ask Summit to construct a large door canopy with two purposes in mind: first and foremost to... View Article
January 31, 2026 10:54 am
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Installation Gallery Shared front door canopy installation Everybody needs good neighbours, as that well known TV theme song reminds us. And that’s especially true when you live so close to your neighbour that you even share a front door canopy. The families living in these two attached houses in north London did the sensible thing when they both noticed that their combined door canopy had seen better days and was starting to fall away from the front of the building. They realised that they would have to co-operate and work together to preserve the unique quality of the attractive Edwardian design. Neither of them would accept any compromise, so Summit Cladding was delighted to accept the challenge of installing an... View Article
May 12, 2025 8:27 am
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Installation Gallery Bespoke Edwardian door canopy replacement Let’s start this blog story with a teaser: what does a nice Edwardian house in North London have in common with one of the most iconic buildings in the country? We’ll give the answer in a moment! The Edwardian house in question is an attractive terraced property on the borders of Crouch End and Highgate, where the owner, Sarah, had asked Summit Cladding to have a look at her front door canopy, which was badly in need of repair. Sarah knew it was important that the restored canopy, with its authentic metal supporting straps, should continue to match the period detail of her home. This is a requirement that Summit is well used... View Article
February 19, 2025 10:42 am
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Installation Gallery New cladding installation in Ongar Are you proud of how your house looks from the street, or is it a bit of an eyesore letting down the neighbourhood? Our recent client, who lives in the picture postcard village of Stanford Rivers, near Ongar in Essex, felt that his home fell into that latter category and he needed to do something about it. Many of our prospective clients come to us with a vague idea of how to smarten up their homes but look to our experts for detailed guidance and recommendations – and this was just such a case. Call in the experts The job was certainly urgent, as the gutters were leaking and – worse than that... View Article
March 25, 2024 8:49 am
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Installation Gallery It’s all in the details For Summit Cladding, it’s all about the detail. We will always make sure that our replacement soffits, fascias and gutters are as true to the originals as possible. With this job in North London, our client’s brief was to follow the existing detail exactly, to match what the builders had fitted when the house was extended five years ago. The builders had made their own vented soffits under the roofline and fitted four different fascias on the front door canopy and front bay window. These ornate details were what Summit had to replicate. Matching the soffits and fascias The installation process started with the removal of all the existing wooden fascias and soffits,... View Article
February 7, 2024 5:41 pm
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One of the most distinguishing features of an English period property is its front door canopy. It’s an essential part of the “face” of a house, giving it a unique character, the first feature that people see when they approach the front door. But when Summit Cladding arrived at this latest job in Woodford Green, East London, we were looking at something of a blank canvas. The canopy had come off! Renovation challenges Our client, John, had lived at his handsome Edwardian home for 25 years and had carried out several renovations, always ensuring that they were done sympathetically and in keeping with the original design. Replacing the timber front door canopy was a bit more of a challenge. The... View Article
March 9, 2023 5:55 pm
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Summit Cladding ventured out to South Ockendon in Essex for this latest task, where our client, Steve, was looking forward to seeing how we could give his home the makeover it deserved. Steve was one of the many householders who bought their former council homes under the Right to Buy legislation brought in by the government of Margaret Thatcher back in the 1980s. It’s a good, solid semi-detached brick-built house which had pebbledash render around the first floor and boasts a large sunroom extension at the back – although it wasn’t very sunny when we saw the house around Christmas! When Steve and his wife bought their house off the council they knew it would be many years until they... View Article
May 14, 2022 11:31 am
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Many of us dream about buying a brand new house in order to stamp our own style on the internal features, such as kitchen units, floor coverings and colour scheme. However, when it comes to the outside of the house on a new development, we are limited by the architects’ plans and how the builders followed them. But here’s a good example of how Summit Cladding can change all that and make a real difference. We were called to the lovely village of Willingham, near Cambridge, to meet a homeowner who thought the flat-roofed front door canopy on his new house was, well, just a bit boring. He wanted a new look that would stand out from the others in... View Article
March 14, 2022 12:30 pm
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Summit Cladding offers a lot more than just a new way to cover your house walls. A visit from us, with an expert eye, can radically improve the look of your home with a few simple touches. Rob and his wife were visiting the garden centre in Crews Hill, Enfield, when they came across our display and realised that Summit could offer just what they wanted. They moved into their home in Loughton, Essex, five years ago, but there was something not quite right about the front of the property. Apart from its general appearance, there was no front door canopy to offer shelter from the weather. Identifying the problems When Summit approached the house for the first time the... View Article
