Carports Built for Hail Country

Ask anyone who's lived along the I-35 corridor more than a few springs: the storms that matter here don't announce themselves far in advance, and garages fill up with everything except vehicles. Between a rising comprehensive deductible, the diminished resale value that follows a hail claim, and weeks in a body shop, one bad afternoon can cost more than the structure that would have prevented it. Our carport roofs use the same engineered aluminum and insulated panel systems as our patio covers — rated spans, real footings, panels that shrug off what dents sheet metal.

Attached carports extend off the house or garage wall, share its lines, and read as original construction when they're detailed right — flashing into the existing roof edge is where cheap installs fail and where we spend our time. Freestanding carports go where the vehicles actually live: beside the shop, over the gravel pad out back, at the second driveway the RV uses. Freestanding builds carry their own wind bracing, because a roof on four posts is a kite unless it's engineered not to be.

• Single bay: one vehicle with comfortable door swing — the minimum that's actually useful.
• Double bay: the household standard; two vehicles or one plus trailer.
• Tall bays: boats on trailers, lifted trucks, and RVs need legit clearance — we build to your rig's measured height, not a catalog default.
• Storage hybrid: a partial enclosed wall on the weather side turns a carport into real protection for mowers and tools without becoming a permitted garage.

Around Seguin, where plenty of properties have the acreage and older homes never came with covered parking, freestanding double and tall bays are most of what we build. In HOA subdivisions the conversation starts with what the committee allows — attached builds that match the house usually clear review easiest, and we handle that submittal like every other.