Car Canopy/Port/Pergola

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pulp

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Hi all

I have a driveway but no garage so I'm looking for options for giving my Z4MC some cover. Eventually I think I will see about a more permanent option (timber framed perhaps), but for now looking an option which with bear our weather in the meantime and look alright.

Something like this is along the lines of what I mean, but don't need something with quite the height as that for our short cars. Suppose I could trim the legs if needed.

Does anyone have a decent suggestion?

Thank you :driving:
 
That looks flat? So water would pool in the middle?
Guess you could cut one side legs shorter?

What about those folding garages? Bit bulky looking if its on your drive though.
 
pulp said:
Hi all

I have a driveway but no garage so I'm looking for options for giving my Z4MC some cover. Eventually I think I will see about a more permanent option (timber framed perhaps), but for now looking an option which with bear our weather in the meantime and look alright.

Something like this is along the lines of what I mean, but don't need something with quite the height as that for our short cars. Suppose I could trim the legs if needed.

Does anyone have a decent suggestion?

Thank you :driving:
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I do have a decent suggestion because I will be doing the same

TUIN sell car ports both lean to and free standing. However they are a lot more expensive than that link but will also be a lot more sturdier and if installed correctly will look much better and last longer.

However I can appreciate your budget may not suit a decent option of you are looking at £200 solutions

They also sell garages too which is even better but obviously more expensive.
 
Pulp, I don’t think that will provide much protection for your Zed, it won’t stop driving rain or sunlight, even as a stop gap until you get something more substantial, you’d be better off putting the money to something more robust and permanent
 
Chippie said:
Pulp, I don’t think that will provide much protection for your Zed, it won’t stop driving rain or sunlight, even as a stop gap until you get something more substantial, you’d be better off putting the money to something more robust and permanent
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Agreed. Looks like it would collapse in a stiff breeze and potentially damage the car. Then an interesting conversation with the insurance company to follow .

OP: why not just get a multi-layer all weather cover for now? Doesn't need to be an all singing-and-dancing fitted one for silly money. The Halfords ones at around £50 get great reviews. :thumbsup:
 
SonnyA85 said:
https://www.tuin.co.uk/Garages-And-Carports.html

Link to the company I am buying from.
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Been looking for something similar but delivery charges have been an issue. Pleasantly surprised, I’ve just contacted this company re their 4m x 6m carport and got a response within 30 mins. Only £248 surcharge which is about a quarter of other companies I’ve contacted previously. Need to go and properly measure available space. May need to go for the slightly smaller one but I’d rather not if possible
 
Why don’t you build one yourself? It’s only a pergola with a roof, then later when you have more money and time you could add the sides and doors. You will also be able to make it the exact size you need and would be a lot cheaper.
 
MikeyH said:
Why don’t you build one yourself? It’s only a pergola with a roof, then later when you have more money and time you could add the sides and doors. You will also be able to make it the exact size you need and would be a lot cheaper.
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I think you will be surprised when you go and see the price of timber these days. It has more than doubled in the last 2 years.

I was looking at spending around £8K with TUIN in 2019. Covid and a few other unrelated stuff put a spanner in the works and I sit here today needing to spend £15K for what I want from them now which is the exact same products. A decent 70mm log cabin and a car port. Cheaper than building an extension for the man cave so it is what it is. Prices of everything in construction is silly money now. A mate of mine just spent triple the going rate on a loft conversion on his bungalow and he's in the trade (sparky). He said the price of some of the timber for his roof was £110 a sheet. Beforehand it used to be £40. TUIN also sell Pergolas if you browse their website.

Argyll Andy said:
SonnyA85 said:
https://www.tuin.co.uk/Garages-And-Carports.html

Link to the company I am buying from.
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Been looking for something similar but delivery charges have been an issue. Pleasantly surprised, I’ve just contacted this company re their 4m x 6m carport and got a response within 30 mins. Only £248 surcharge which is about a quarter of other companies I’ve contacted previously. Need to go and properly measure available space. May need to go for the slightly smaller one but I’d rather not if possible
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Have a read through their blog they come across as a very well and genuine company. They even advise you to buy insulation elsewhere for log cabins but advise you through the full process, prep, building, insulation and finish/protection.

All of their stuff is designed so a monkey could build it and the 22m square log cabin even with 70mm thick wood can be put up in a single day by 2 people including the roof.
 
Also be aware of any potential Planning & Building Regs issues. 😉

“The Planning Portal” is a great site to help you 👍
 
jock156 said:
Also be aware of any potential Planning & Building Regs issues. 😉

“The Planning Portal” is a great site to help you 👍
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you should be fine with anything made out of wood but yeah good idea to check, car ports should be pretty much easy to get approval for if you do need it though. it's not a "permanent structure" made of cement and bricks. i think the issue is if it's placed at the front of a house rather than the back garden where you have a lot more relaxed permitted development laws.
 
SonnyA85 said:
you should be fine with anything made out of wood but yeah good idea to check, car ports should be pretty much easy to get approval for if you do need it though. it's not a "permanent structure" made of cement and bricks. i think the issue is if it's placed at the front of a house rather than the back garden where you have a lot more relaxed permitted development laws.
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'Permitted development' is what to look for. There are 'general' rules but it is still wise to ask your local planning dept as there could be any number of factors relating to what you intend; conservation area, removal of permitted dev rights on the property, to name a couple.

Listen to Jock 156, he does planning for a living!!
 
SonnyA85 said:
Have a read through their blog they come across as a very well and genuine company.
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Yes so do P&O ferries if you read the 'blog'! :D

All of those 'kit' type wooden buildings/structures are made with the cheapest 'whitewood' timber (basically palletwood). Made to last just until the guarantee runs out.
I noticed their 'cabins' are made from planks which slot together and have a rebate on one leading edge to link to the next one. I assembled one like this for a friend a couple of years ago. It was shite. I spent 2 days putting it together (at least half of that trying to straighten the bowed and twisted planks so they would fit as the timber was such poor quality) and a further week (and a few hundred quid in extra timber and fixings) getting it to stay upright without flexing or falling over.

But these may be brilliant, I don't know! :thumbsup:

Try these:
www.dunsterhouse.co.uk

Same sort of stuff but at least it's British. They used to just make uPVC windows and I have bought from them several times without issue.
 
Thanks for the replies and suggestions.

SonnyA85 said:
https://www.tuin.co.uk/Garages-And-Carports.html

Link to the company I am buying from.
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I am prepared to invest and get something properly built, I suppose I am procrastinating with a cheaper option for now. I'll make note of this company.

MikeyH said:
Why don’t you build one yourself? It’s only a pergola with a roof, then later when you have more money and time you could add the sides and doors. You will also be able to make it the exact size you need and would be a lot cheaper.
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I think this is ultimately what I will be doing.

I did forget to mention that I was imagining that I could have something similar to what I linked, but only really just tall enough for the z to fit under. (I'm hoping the same with a permanent solution. This will be going on the drive in front of my house, so needs to not be too dominating and be okay with planning.) Would at least keep most of the bird s**t off it for now. But as suggested I'm probably better off with an actual car cover, I've just been adverse to anything touching the car to save the bother of cleaning it every time I want to cover it.
 
Pondrew said:
SonnyA85 said:
Have a read through their blog they come across as a very well and genuine company.
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Yes so do P&O ferries if you read the 'blog'! :D

All of those 'kit' type wooden buildings/structures are made with the cheapest 'whitewood' timber (basically palletwood). Made to last just until the guarantee runs out.
I noticed their 'cabins' are made from planks which slot together and have a rebate on one leading edge to link to the next one. I assembled one like this for a friend a couple of years ago. It was shite. I spent 2 days putting it together (at least half of that trying to straighten the bowed and twisted planks so they would fit as the timber was such poor quality) and a further week (and a few hundred quid in extra timber and fixings) getting it to stay upright without flexing or falling over.

But these may be brilliant, I don't know! :thumbsup:

Try these:
www.dunsterhouse.co.uk

Same sort of stuff but at least it's British. They used to just make uPVC windows and I have bought from them several times without issue.
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They give a 10 year warranty. However the guy says if it's built on a decent flat base and properly ventilated they should easily last a lifetime. I have been researching log cabins for 5-6 years now. TUIN come highly recommended. There are plenty of customers on YouTube who haven't had any issues who have documented their log cabin builds.

They use high quality wood.

Dunster house was actually my second choice to go to after TUIN, if TUIN doesn't have what you are looking for.

Being British means nothing these days. Majority of timber comes from Europe.

I have just ordered porcelain from a "British" company. However the porcelain itself is made in India. So it makes no real difference in that regard that I have went with a British company the wood all comes from the same place in the end.

If you read their blog they go into a lot of details about their craft.

TUIN do 70mm thick log cabins. Dunsters wood is thinner. TUIN can do thicker wood for custom requests too. Dunsters is actually worse quality than TUIN for what I am looking at which is a 70mm thick log cabin.

Their car ports are also the more expensive offerings also available from tuin. They start at circa £3k. TUIN starts at £1k.
 
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