Everyone has a different relationship to their car. Someone only takes it as a means of transport, which will help him to move comfortably from point A to point B. Another considers it as a member of the family and cannot bear the thought of the car standing in the cold in the winter. Hence the question: garage or carport?
Garage
When your car is outside, it is exposed to inclement weather, damage and the risk of theft. You can prevent these unpleasant facts by placing your four-wheeled favourite in the garage. In cities, the situation with the construction of your own garage is difficult – especially if you do not own a piece of land – and therefore you can rent a garage or parking space. It is often possible to find a suitable house for a car at a greater distance from the residence. But owners of family houses who decide to buy a garage additionally have easier choices. What option you choose depends on how many cars you want to house, what is the character of your family house and how much you are willing to invest in the construction of the garage.
Carport
In case you do not want to invest a larger amount of money in the construction of the garage, you can choose to build a shelter that will protect the car from rain, snow and hail. Nowadays, a large number of family homeowners choose this option. It has to do with the funds. Land prices are expensive and therefore the size of the land that ordinary investors can afford is shrinking. Another reason for not integrating the garage into the layout of the family house is the effort not to occupy its living area. The shelter is often attached to the house or is solved separately. It is conveniently placed in the vicinity of the road, with a short driveway on the property, which saves precious meters of land, or can be a barrier between the busier road and the quiet zone of the garden. By placing the workshop or storage room for the garden tools at the back of the carport, the shielding will be even more enhanced. Another option can also be a combination of garage and shelter. The carport is most often designed as a covered pergola.
Maintenance
Carport requires very little maintenance compared to a garage, but what they both share is a gutter and roof clean-up. If you don’t want to bother with such maintenance yourself, you can hire a professional roofing contractor such as TC Roofers, who operate in Dublin and other areas.
Material options
As already mentioned in the introduction, the choice of material and type of garage/carport depends primarily on your financial options. Furthermore, this option should correspond to the nature of the buildings that you already have on the land. You can build a carport yourself or you can choose a complete turnkey delivery service with the provision of all necessary preparatory structures. Another possible option is that you have the garage brought and assembled, but you will prepare the concrete foundation yourself and adjust the terrain. The choice of companies that offer their services is great, so you can choose according to your options.
If you are still unsure about carport options, visit this guide for more details.
