Build a carport pr open shelter on the side of your barn, garage, shed or home with the help of this free, illustrated step-by-step guide from Extreme How-To Magazine.

A carport, or covered shelter or lean-to shed, attached to an existing building can provide economical storage for vehicles, garden tractors, boats or other equipment. An attached carport is also fairly easy to construct against the side of another building, if you have enough height under the existing building eave. This building guide by Monte Burch will show you how.

How to Build an Attached Carport

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