Add Value to Your Home – Build a Patio!

Many home owners wish to add value to the investment of their home, and one way in which this can be done reasonably easily and inexpensively is through the addition of a covered outdoor area – such as a patio. Not only will a patio add value to your home, it will also giving you outdoor entertaining area all year round.

Patios

Patios are a functional and beautiful addition to your home and offer great flexibility as to the size, shape and material that it is constructed with. Patios are extremely popular in Australian culture, as they provide welcome shade during our hot summers and protection from wet weather in the cooler months.

Patios come in all shapes and sizes and are only limited by the room available. The most attractive patio designs are built using timber, as they retain the wood’s natural beauty. Timber patio roof trusses are visually stunning. They give that unique “webbed” look to your patio roof that will have all your friends talking. Much more attractive, compared to cold steel.

One of the fastest and most effective ways to build a patio is to use prefabricated roof trusses. Prefabricated roof trusses are consistent in shape and quality, ensuring your patio roof is structurally sound and looks good.

Another attractive alternative, is to have an arched patio roof. This option is popular with modern homes and suits a wide variety of outdoor living and outdoor entertaining areas. You can choose to use curved iron or laserlight as the patio cover, in a wide range of colors to suit your home. Your patio cover can give an older home an instant face-lift.

You can also choose to paint your patio roof or retain the natural timber look. For the natural timber look, your patio roof can be kept safe from rotting and borers if treated with a preservative, so that your patio will last as long as the house does. Just ask your patio roof supplier to have the patio roof trusses “treated” when you order them.

Tips for choosing a patio:

• DIY patio or have it built for you – If you’re handy with a hammer, some patio roof suppliers can provide you with a patio kit and you can build your patio yourself. This can help keep costs down.
  
• Choose a patio roof that suits the existing style of your home – Keeping your patio in the same style as the rest of the house ensures that your new patio will look attractive. A mis-matched style will make it seem as if the patio has been added on.
  
• Check that you have adequate height – The bottom of the side beam of the patio should be no less than 2050mm, which is the standard door height.
  
• Ensure your patio posts can be fixed securely to – or into – the ground – If your posts are not securely fixed, your patio frame could shift in strong winds or extreme weather.