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  This local customer originally partnered with Carport Central to provide them a 48 x 66’ farm-style barndominium with a wrap-around porch. They’ve enjoyed living in their metal building home so much, that when it was time to make plans for adding a barn to their property, they knew who to call! Repeat customers are our favorite kind, and we were thrilled to provide this family with a second custom…

Modern metal buildings are built to a higher standard Considering having a metal building installed on your property? That’s a great call! Light-gauge steel is a wonderful construction material that can be used for a wide range of building applications. There are also specific engineering and design guidelines that metal structures follow, much as would expect for any type of building.   Depending upon the nature, intended use, and location…

What is a Utility Building? So, what is a utility building, anyway? It’s a fair question because the definition has changed over the years. A couple of generations ago, utility building was used to refer to buildings used by utility companies to house stationary equipment for phone, power, water, and sewer services. During the same time period, a utility storage shed was understood to mean any backyard building used for…

Here’s an install we recently performed for a local customer in North Carolina. The central portion of the building is an enclosed 2-car garage, but it also includes open-air lean-to extensions on both sides. Essentially, the lean-tos serve to double the size of this combination utility building, and this serves as a great example of the types of custom metal buildings that Carport Central can provide in 46 U.S. states!…

Here’s another install we performed for a local customer in Virginia. This homeowner needed a handy equipment storage building and workshop out back, and they weren’t willing to settle for some old, run-of-the-mill metal building. Thankfully, they knew exactly who to call – Carport Central! Once you take a closer look at this 24’ x 26’ x 11’ double garage with 12’ x 26’ x 10’ lean-to, you’ll see there’s…