Blog

Been dreaming of designing and building your own home? Well, barndos are in, and a metal barndominium really makes good sense for lots of reasons, including safety, security, building customizability, AND cost effectiveness! Carport Central is here to help you turn your dream of owning a metal building home into reality!   Take a gander at this 30’ x 46’ x 10’ metal barndominium we helped to design and install for a customer…

  Need a BIG garage building with some major application potential? Well, how does a 6400-square-foot garage sound? With a commercial garage building like this, the combination of practical usage possibilities is practically limitless. And Carport Central is here to deliver whatever custom metal building solution you may need!   Here’s a nice 80’ x 81’ all-vertical metal garage we installed for a local customer that we’re pleased to feature as this week’s…

Metal Garages Are a Fantastic Building Solution Some folks may opt to settle for a wood-framed garage by default, because that’s because they simply don’t know any better. These folks may assume that wood studs are the industry standard for any type of building framing – but they’d be wrong. Thanks to modern engineering advances with some superior materials, steel has been proven to be the construction material of choice over wood for…

  This week’s featured install gives you a good idea of how Carport Central provides much more than mere metal carports. The only real limit to the application possibilities for one of our custom steel structures is your imagination!   Take this indoor batting cage we recently provided for a local high school, for example. Their baseball coaching staff partnered with Carport Central to design the exact 22’ x 71’ x 12’ building…

  Need a 2-car metal garage you can install (or let us install!) in your backyard that’s tough and rugged, while also being visually appealing? Here’s one that really checks all the boxes! In fact, Carport Central can provide practically any type of custom metal building you may be looking for.   This week’s featured install was put in just a few miles down the road from our headquarters in the NC foothills,…

Sound crazy? Then just keep reading. Now that we’re finally moving past the pandemic, more and more folks are looking to get out and enjoy a good restaurant experience again. And if you’ve got a restaurant idea or specific menu lineup that no one else is providing in your area, then now is a GREAT time to open your own restaurant business. Granted, opening a restaurant isn’t an easy task; there are many…

  This is a nice double garage combination structure we installed for a local TN customer. The horizontally-enclosed building measures 30’ x 41’ x 11’ and includes two 10’ x 10’ roll-up garage doors, two premium walk-in doors, and six premium windows. There’s a generously-spaced 12’ x 41’ lean-to attached to one side of the building for additional open-air covered space, as well.   With a garage/covered porch combo like this, the number…

This local family came to us in need of some large garage space for parking both a motorhome and some personal vehicles. But they wanted more than just some boxy old metal building. What they wanted was a truly unique, truly impressive-looking steel structure. And thankfully, custom steel structures are our specialty at Carport Central! We started with a 40’ x 56’ vertical roof barn design, and then added a 6’ x 52’…

How could you make use of 2500 square feet of secure, enclosed building space? With a commercial metal building like this featured recent install for a local customer, you can honestly do pretty much anything you want! In fact, Carport Central can deliver whatever custom metal building solution you may need.   This featured 50’ x 51’ x 12’ commercial metal building is engineered to meet or exceed local building codes, and comes…

Barndos are in, and the barndominium home craze continues to sweep across the nation. Have you been dreaming of owning your own custom metal home? Carport Central can help you turn your dream into a reality!   Check out this 40’ x 51’ x 12’ metal barndominium we were able to design, manufacture, and install for a local NC customer. It features both a rugged vertical metal roof and vertical metal side paneling,…