| Having two or more cars is common in a lot of | | | | your structure has an internal floor area more |
| homes nowadays, but if you park them on the | | | | than 30 sq. ft., you would require a permit. You |
| driveway, your cars are not getting enough | | | | would have to contact the local authority or |
| protection from the elements. If you want to | | | | Building Control to inquire about the fees to be |
| construct an inexpensive shelter for your cars | | | | paid along with the application for the permit with |
| yourself, then 24'X36' carport plans are your best | | | | your 24'X36' plans. You would also do well to |
| bet. | | | | inform your neighbor about your plans as well as |
| A carport is usually a roofed wall-less shed, | | | | check local weather conditions to build a suitable |
| sometimes projecting from the side of a building, | | | | structure. |
| used as a shelter for cars, as against a garage | | | | Besides parking your cars, your 24'X36' shelter |
| which has walls and hence considered a | | | | can also be used as a place for reading or |
| permanent structure. | | | | lounging. By following suitable plans, you can even |
| 24'X36' is a fairly popular size, especially if you | | | | design your carport to accommodate barbecues |
| have two cars, and protects them from wind, | | | | and garden parties in them. You can even manage |
| sun, rain and snow. It is not only a convenience | | | | enough space inside to park your lawn mower |
| for your family, a well built carport with the help | | | | and other heavy equipment or a tool room. This |
| of good plans will also considerably increase the | | | | is much like a garage, at a fraction of the cost. |
| value of your property. | | | | Though steel buildings are cheap, they rarely |
| It is best to build your 24'X36' shelter in a dry, | | | | match your front door, and hence it is best to |
| firm area. However, if the area is wet and soggy, | | | | build your 24'X36' carport with wood. With the |
| it requires good drainage and pressure treated | | | | help of good plans, this is a fairly easy task. |
| wood so that there are lesser chances for rot. | | | | Good plans would be able to help you in the |
| Your primary posts also require to be braced, if | | | | selection of appropriate materials for your 24'X36' |
| there is a chance that they may shift over time | | | | carport. As for the colors used, they should |
| due to the soggy soil conditions. If you live in a | | | | match with your house. If you feel that your |
| place with lot of rain or snow, your roof should be | | | | carport is looking too drab, you may utilize |
| built with sufficient pitch to allow the snow or rain | | | | flowers and flags to beautify it. If the structural |
| to drain. Also, if there is lot of snow in your area, | | | | beams are jutting out like a sore thumb, you may |
| the roof should be sloped enough for the snow to | | | | use trims or facing boards to hide them and |
| fall off, and not accumulate on the roof and cause | | | | make your carport look better. |
| the roof to fall with the weight. Good plans would | | | | You would indeed be glad with the 24'X36' carport |
| be able to provide you with proper guidance | | | | you built with the help of plans prepared by |
| regarding these. | | | | experts. It would not only protect your cars from |
| Your 24'X36' shelter should have half of the sides | | | | the elements, it is also much more economical |
| open so that it will not be classified as a garage. If | | | | than a garage. Moreover, you built it yourself! |