Front door canopy: single or double pitched

Fitting the Woodup front door canopy is easy. Buy a canopy or porch, the perfect shelter from the rain. The structure of front door canopies is particularly robust. Enjoy our front door canopies harmonised with the roof of your home. Choose your front door canopy and enjoy free home delivery.

What is a front door canopy?

A front door canopy is a home fitting and a shelter from the rain. It is a small roof fixed above the front door. A front door canopy is a facade protection and creates a style effect.

The front door canopy is a protection

An essential part of any home, the canopy is a protective installation for doors and people. The surface-mounted fixing on the facade, above the door, creates a small roof. The canopy provides shelter from the rain.

Front door canopies add style

A front door canopy is a small facade roof that adds style at a low price. The front door canopy comes in classic canopy, designer canopy, tiled roof canopy, slate roof canopy, transparent roof canopy, metal structure canopy or wooden structure canopy varieties.

How to choose your front door canopy?

Choose your canopy according to the style of your home. Choose the front door canopy to create a shelter with the door open or closed. Check the dimensions of your canopy, to combine protection needs with style constraints.

Choosing your front door canopy by style

The fixing of front door canopies enhances the facade. Style is the primary criterion for choosing a canopy. Wooden front door canopies suit all styles of home. However, style variations exist (straight or curved brackets).

Choice of front door canopies by depth

Choose the depth of your future canopy based on the fixing height. The canopy must provide shelter from the rain when the door is closed. But a canopy must also protect from the rain when the front door is open.

Front door canopy: choosing the right length

Take into account the weather conditions and the orientation of the facade when choosing your front door canopy. In the event of dominant lateral rainfall, select a front door canopy wider than the front door.

Characteristics of front door canopies

Sometimes, the roof of a house has no overhang on the facade. The front door is then left unprotected from the rain. Canopies are a solution whether it is a mountain house, a country house or a town house. Front door canopies have three main characteristics.

Front door canopies have a load-bearing structure

All front door canopies have a load-bearing structure. Their structure (wood, steel, aluminium or wrought iron) guarantees safety. This structure is L-shaped. The vertical part serves to fix the canopy to the facade and the perpendicular part supports the roof.

A front door canopy has a roof

To provide rain protection, the front door canopy has a roof. Depending on the canopy model, the roof materials differ. The designer canopy offers a transparent roof (glass or polycarbonate). The classic canopy has a roof in tiles, slates or steel sheet.

Front door canopies are demountable

Front door canopies are demountable. You can change your canopy model when you alter the style of your facade. Please note that fixing a canopy to a house requires a planning declaration.

The Woodup range of front door canopies

Woodup offers wooden canopies for front doors at a very good value for money. You can choose between the standard front door canopy, with a single or double pitched roof. For specific front doors, we offer custom canopy models.

Standard canopies for front doors

Choose a wooden front door canopy with a double pitched fir roof. This canopy features mortise and tenon joinery. Would you prefer a more classic style? Select the single pitched canopy models, length 150 to 250 cm, depth 80 to 100 cm.

Custom canopies for front doors

Ideal for an XXL front door, the custom wooden canopy makes life easier. Define the length of the canopy (from 200 cm). Increase rain protection with sufficient depth (up to 140 cm). Custom canopies have straight or curved brackets.

Buy your front door canopy online

Buy your front door canopy online and enjoy free delivery from 120 euros of purchase. Pay for your canopy by card or bank transfer in complete security. Choose to pay for your front door canopy in 3 interest-free instalments. Do you need help? Visit our contact page.