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Polycarbonate door canopy buying guide

Updated: 22.10.2026

You have a door that lets rain onto the step, and amazon.co.uk calls the same object a polycarbonate patio canopy and a door awning. A polycarbonate door canopy in this capture is a wall-fixed sheet on brackets, about 80–100 cm deep. It keeps the threshold drier. It does not give you a roof you can sit under. Shelf prices on the 21 October 2026 capture run from about £25.49 to about £179.99. The ten listings are on the [polycarbonate patio canopy comparison](/hub/sun-shades/polycarbonate-patio-canopy). Products Compared read those listings and public UK size and sheet notes. This is not a lab test.

You have a door that lets rain onto the step, and amazon.co.uk calls the same object a polycarbonate patio canopy and a door awning.

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VOUNOT VOUNOT 120 × 80 cm black

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VOUNOT VOUNOT 120 × 80 cm black
8.8/10about £29.49
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VOUNOT VOUNOT 100 × 80 cm black

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VOUNOT VOUNOT 100 × 80 cm black
8.4/10about £25.49
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VOUNOT VOUNOT 200 × 80 cm black

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VOUNOT VOUNOT 200 × 80 cm black
8.4/10about £44.99
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On this page
  1. 1.What you are actually buying
  2. 2.Width and projection
  3. 3.Sheet, brackets, and the UV face
  4. 4.Fixings and shared review lines

What you are actually buying

The word patio pulls in two products, and only the door kit is in this folder. These listings are wall-fixed sheets on brackets, about 80–300 cm wide and about 80–100 cm deep where the size line agrees with the depth. That covers a doorstep. Sheet sellers treat 6 mm as small-canopy sheet and start a lean-to nearer 10 mm, with 16 mm common. That is their catalogue, not a British Standard. Posts and a thicker roof are on door canopy vs polycarbonate patio roof. Apex treats about 1,200 mm as a standard-door width. Its 1 metre permitted-development line is a retailer rule. England’s Class D tests are on the front door canopy planning permission page.

Width and projection

Measure the frame, then the ground you want dry. A 100 cm or 120 cm kit sits in the standard-door band. A 200 cm or 300 cm sheet is still a bracket canopy. A modular join, claimed by GGNEBAI, VIVOHOME, and GUANSU-CN, adds width along the wall. It does not add depth. Trust a projection only when it agrees with the depth. GGNEBAI B0DJ5JGH34 prints 304.8 cm of projection on a sheet that is about 1 m deep and 3 m wide. VOUNOT B0CLV25LRM is 80 cm deep and 120 cm wide, and the projection field says 120 cm. VIVOHOME B0CM95NZ2Z prints 28 cm you cannot mark. Where the lines agree, the depth is 80 cm or 100 cm.
VOUNOT VOUNOT 120 × 80 cm black

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VOUNOT VOUNOT 120 × 80 cm black
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Sheet, brackets, and the UV face

VOUNOT states 6 mm. GUANSU-CN states 5 mm and a UV coating. VIVOHOME states two 5 mm panels. GGNEBAI claims UPF 50+ and states no millimetres. DAWNINGHOMM states no thickness and is the only aluminium-alloy frame, at about £179.99, with no review line. None of these files shows a BS EN 16153 mark, and none prints a wind class. CABP puts the UV-coated face of multiwall outwards. These bullets do not all mark that face, and they do not state sealing tape at the top of the cells and breather tape at the bottom. If the film is printed, that side is the usual outside.

Fixings and shared review lines

The box states fixings. It does not know your wall. VOUNOT packs four screw sets on the 100 cm kit and six on the wider ones. UK review notes on the cheaper kits describe expansion bolts that did not open, and anchors swapped for plugs and screws. Render or a cavity is the point to stop, because the star rating does not choose a plug. Three VOUNOT pages share 4.2 from about 2,650 reviews. Both VIVOHOME pages print 4.2 from 4,649. The black 120 cm VOUNOT at 4.4 from 5,433 is a separate file. Who those numbers suit is on the best polycarbonate door canopy page.

Common questions

Is 100 cm or 120 cm wide enough for a normal front door?
A UK seller chart treats about 1,200 mm as a common width for a standard door and about 1,000 mm for a narrow one. The 100 cm and 120 cm kits in this capture sit in that band, with 80 cm or 100 cm of depth where the fields agree. Measure the frame, including architrave. A 200 cm or 300 cm sheet is for a wider opening, and the projection stays short.
Is 80 cm of projection enough in driving rain?
Eighty centimetres matches the dimension line on the VOUNOT kits whose fields agree, and it covers the person at the lock in ordinary rain. Seller charts put roughly 800–1,000 mm forward in worse weather, which is why the 100 cm depths are in the set. Wind can still push water under a bracket sheet. A longer number on the page counts only when it matches the depth dimension.
Why does one listing say the projection is 304.8 cm?
GGNEBAI B0DJ5JGH34 prints 304.8 cm in the projection field. The size line is 100 × 300 cm and the dimensions are about 1 m deep by 3 m wide, so that figure is the width in the wrong box. VOUNOT B0CLV25LRM prints 120 cm of projection while the dimensions say 80 cm deep and 120 cm wide. Use the size line when it agrees with the depth.
Is 6 mm the same sheet as a patio roof?
VOUNOT states 6 mm. Sheet sellers describe 6 mm multiwall as small-canopy sheet and usually start a lean-to nearer 10 mm, with 16 mm common. That is their catalogue, not a test of this batch, and these files do not show a BS EN 16153 mark. A seating roof is a different purchase, with posts.
Do the star counts belong to one size?
Three VOUNOT pages share a 4.2 line near 2,650 reviews, and both VIVOHOME pages print 4.2 from 4,649. The black 120 cm VOUNOT at 4.4 from 5,433 is a separate file. GGNEBAI and GUANSU-CN have their own counts. Adding the shared numbers does not create more buyers, and it does not turn a 100 cm kit into a tested 200 cm kit.
Which face of the sheet faces the sun?
CABP tells installers to put the UV-coated face of multiwall sheet outwards. These listings do not all mark that face, and they do not state top sealing tape and bottom breather tape. If one side of the film is printed, that side is the usual outside. Check the sheet you unpack.

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Sources

Public UK sources and the amazon.co.uk listings compared on this page. Listings captured 21 October 2026. Updated 22.10.2026.

  1. Planning Portal: porches (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  2. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, Class D (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  3. Planning Portal: awning attached to a house (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  4. mygov.scot: add a porch (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  5. Scottish Government circular 1/2024, householder permitted development (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  6. HSE: safe use of ladders (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  7. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 22 (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  8. 6 mm polycarbonate sheet, seller note on light-duty sheet (retrieved 22.10.2026)