Timber Carports Protect and Free Up Storage Space

Timber Car Ports - your professionally goodpeople now use their garage as a 'lock-up' store.
looking, value adding, answer to improving yourYet more have converted them to a home
home's weather protection and releasing youroffice, extra bedroom, 'granny flat', or garden
garage to provide essential storage space, extraexercise or recreation room.
rooms, granny flat, exercise room, or homeRain & Snow
office, etc.With more and more cars being left parked in the
Easy to Build with Professional Good Looksdrive, loading or unloading the kids, shopping,
Timber car ports - the solution you've beensports and short holiday break goods are
looking for!increasingly affected by Britain's worsening
That's right!weather. Rain... and more rain, seems to be the
Planning for a Car Portlong term weather forecast for our summers,
Because car ports are considered to bewith perhaps feet of snow in the winter.
'temporary structures', they very often don'tSo, cars and people need the convenient
need planning approval. It's the same for some 'kit'protection that garages used to provide, but
or ready-made garages. Nevertheless there are awhich UK homes now lack.
number of other regulations you will need toThe 'Look Good' Factor
observe. For instance if the building will be closerTimber car ports are increasingly seen as the
than the front of the house to the road.solution.
You must also observe building regulations,whereThey can provide the protection you need, while
these apply. For instance making sure that yourat the same time looking good so as to preserve
building is a minimum of 1 metre away from theand enhance the value of your home
boundary'.UK Planning Regulations
While generally building regulations may not beNow that the UK's town and country planning
applicable for detached single storey buildings thatrules have been changed, in many cases you may
are over a metre from the boundary, if theynot have to go through the rigmarole of
have at least 2 sides open on and a floor area ofemploying architectural designers and engineers to
less than 30 square metres, you may not needget permissions before you can build.
building regulations approval for a car port.Timber Car Port Solutions
So, easy to design, plan and build, these costWhether you prefer a fully architecturally designed
effective professional timber structures add valueindependent solution to your requirements, or a
to your property at first glance.simple to erect, standard 'Kit' package that
Storage Shortageenables most competent DIY'ers to achieve
It is well known that Britain's houses are some ofprofessional looking results with few, if any,
the smallest in Europe. Most have a severe lackproblems, a Timber framed car port is most
of essential storage space. As a result manyprobably your best solution.