FAQ – How do I build a carport?

Keeping the design simple and being consistent with the look of your house is a great start. Take lots of photos of both your house and carport with designs that you like. You can create a view of the finished project by mocking something up on your computer. These plans will next need to be submitted to your local council building department for approval. You will need to take in your plans as well as a material manifest. Whilst these authorities can sometimes turn the approval around quickly, it does usually take some time, maybe several weeks. Your first and most important task is ggod footings. Your footings will need to be deep enought to satisfy the requirement of your local building authority. Before you rush ahead and backfill with cement, make sure you have had the holes inspected by the local building authority. If you intend to sit your posts direct into the concrete, If you are seating the posts on metal stirrups then these can be plunged into the wet concrete You carport posts will probably be made from timber or metal. Unless you sunk them into the concrete you will need to secure them on the metal stirrups in the footings. A word of advice give the concrete footings a few days to cure before applying any load with posts and roofing. Your carport is now taking shape and the beams that connect the posts go in next. Atop those beams is built the roofing structure. Metal sheeting a strong lightweight choice for roofing material. It pays to get a plumber to fit the sheets for you though. It is much easier to put on your guttering first.

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