Help designing patio entry cover

3 years ago

Hi - We had this home built last summer. It is an ADU, a small mother-in-law house we built to care for my mom. Code said it had to be attached by a breezeway (where do they come up with this stuff?) so there's a breezeway, the mudroom roof and the main house roof all coming together. Now I need help from you Houzzers. There's not enough protection from rain and I want the grill covered. This door pictured enters into a mudroom, it's the main entry for my husband and me. What are some concepts you can come up with to have a cover here that ties in to the design of the house? Thanks! Lora

(That's the neighbors large house in the background. Also, the red fence will be painted dark gray.)

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
3 years ago
Sorry but who designed this ? Did you mention having a cover for the grill area? Where does the door beside the grill go? I think maybe you need to move the grill to somehwere else but I need a bteer idea of the outdoor space and how it relates to the interior of the house .
Lora Tollefson
Original Author
3 years ago
Like I said in the original, that door goes into a mudroom. I don't have a better option for the grill that I can figure -- I don't want it on the front of the house.

The lot coverage, including eaves and patio, were constrained by City codes.
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littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
It’s a complicated setup and I can’t really tell what’s what. Is the ADU the structure on the right, rectangled in red? (Are there steps going up into it? 😳) Maybe a closer picture of that area would help us.

Why can’t the grill go where the purply stripe is?
RL Relocation LLC
3 years ago
One of those sunshades might work, but for me the BBQ has a lot of smoke and its already close to both houses, so if you cover that area I think you might get a lot of smoke build up. The sun shade might be a good option as it would still allow air flow. https://a.co/d/3U7BU1O
calidesign
3 years ago
Move the grill to the other side of the breezeway closer to your fence, and put up a sunshade over it. I'd leave the front door as it is. Can't you just use the covered door when it's raining?