A carport can be a great addition to your home. Not only can a carport be a parking space for your car, which of course what it is intended for, but a great
A place to have a barbecue with friends and family, and a great place for your young children to play in and set boundaries for your kids not to stray.
All of these uses have one primarily overriding use which is to protect from the often brutal Australian sun as well as to protect your car from thunderstorms and
even the occasional hail.
Deciding the design of your carport.
There’s an old adage, “If you don’t know where you are going, you might not get there.” The first criteria to decide is how much room you have to work with. You need to choose a spot for your carport.
For example, do you have a two-car garage but have three cars? Many in this situation choose to locate their carport right in front of their existing garage.
Is there room for a carport behind your house? If there is access to drive your car into the carport from behind the house, that may be the best solution as the
aesthetics and the curb appeal of the house are not disturbed. are you concerned that the aesthetics of the carport will take away from your Home? Then consider a multi-pillared carport with a matching concrete top structure to match the aesthetics of your hope.
Be sure your new carport is large enough.
When people think of a carport, naturally they think about storing a car underneath,but if your intention is to protect your RV or your large boat, you may need a
longer carport.
Match the pitch of your home’s roof
From an aesthetic point of view, if you want the value of your home to remain, most people try to match the roof angle of their new carport to the angle of the
The roof of their home.
Consider the materials for your carport
Metal is very durable and the least expensive carport material. Naturally coated metal will not rust and will last for decades. Another choice is alum wood. Alumiwood is actually an aluminum product that looks like wood and offers additional carport choices. The last type of carport is wood, and wood does have its advantages, which is that it is extremely easy to have a wooden carport added onto the house and it looks like one structure. However, the disadvantage of actual wood is that it requires a lot of Maintenance.
How to plan a carport?
One method, of course, is to design a carport from scratch. Compared to other construction projects, building a carport is a fairly easy task. You can also hire a landscape company to custom build a carport for you. Aesthetically, this is probably the most pleasing but also the most expensive Choice.
Most people elect to have a factory-built carport designed for you. And one of the best we have seen is at website Fair Dinkum Builds has a huge variety of carports available, and they come with a 30-day warranty. And they will be available within 21 business days direct from the factory.