hole at the entrance of house [SOLVED] (lemmy.world)

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I moved to England from Hong Kong recently. I found that it is common to see these holes (tiny doorway arch looking thing) in front of houses. What are they?

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[-] skunch 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's for when you didn't have room for a mud room. Scrape that shit right off!

[-] svncake@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

What happens when it gets full of mud

[-] Fantomas@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

You clean it. Or wait for the rain to clean it.

[-] skunch 12 points 2 years ago

Or have your boy Geoffrey scrub it out good and proper.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

Are we still talking about boot scrapers?

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