Carports, Solar Ready Carports, Pergolas and Awnings
Made to your exact specifications by our sister business Professional Choice Sheds®. Best Price and strongest skillion (flat roof), Gable, Dutch Roof Gable or Hip Roof pergolas, carports or awnings available at the best prices. Australian made and easily upgraded at little or no extra cost to be strong enough for retro-fit solar panels and/or cladding. Solar ready carport roof is certified to 20kg per square metre additional roof load. Almost all existing carports and sheds are barely strong enough to support their own weight. You cannot add solar panels unless it has been made solar-ready.
Solar Carports
From Australia’s first supplier of solar carports to the Australian residential market.
Available in single bay (4.815kw) or double bay (8.025kw). The Solar Carport systems are designed for easy installation without the need for heavy machinery. Homeowners can set them up themselves due to their lightweight construction.
The carport includes Structural Waterproof Panels combined with GoodWe Polaris BIPV Panels, which feature a waterproof structure and require no glue for installation. This ensures a clean and attractive finish.
Solar Ready sheds, Garages, Workshops and Industrial Buildings
Built to your exact specifications by our sister business Professional Choice sheds®. They are simply the best, strongest structures in Australian.
Simple and easy installation; can be engineered, at little or no extra cost, to have the strength to retrofit solar panels on the roof. The roof is certified to hold an additional 20kg per square metre load. This is more than enough to hold the weight of solar panels. Almost all other sheds and garages available aren’t structurally sound enough to support the additional weight of solar panels.
Cantilever Carports
Cantaports cannot be fitted with Solar Panels.
Cantaport cantilever carports or patio covers deliver a new and unique generation of carports, patio solutions, awnings and shading systems. Use anywhere cool and shade is required, offering heat reduction and shade.
Cantaports are precision made in Japan – state of the art technology to the highest standards. Certified to Australian Standards, Cantaport offers a quality alternative. No drilling or cutting so they are easy and quick to install and are suitable for easy DIY installation.
Affordable Solar Carports and Solar Ready Carports and Sheds from the people who introduced the residential solar carport to Australia
Solar Carport Range – Single bay or Double Bay Solar carports
Single Solar Carports now available in Australia. Single bay solar carport $$11,995.
– Full installation* costs, for most customers should be covered by the STC’s (solar rebate scheme)
– Wind rating is C2 so good for almost all of Australia including some Cyclonic areas
– Inverter is NOT supplied
– GoodWe Polaris BIPV Panels.
– Guttering included
– Also available – save with solar ready carports to your exact specifications – Flat roof (Skillion), Gable, Dutch Gable or Hip roof. Engineered to retro-fit solar panels on the roof! – Another Aussie first!
The Professional Choice differences – Sheds, Carports, Solar ready carports and mezzanine floors
Accredited & National Construction Code (NCC) Compliant – Is your shed or carport really NCC compliant?
It’s probably ‘Australian made” or maybe just “Australian assembled” but NOT with Australian steel!
It may be sold with an Australian certification but very few are compliant with the Australian Standards.
Experience in developing solar ready carports and sheds has cast doubt on most steel structures being sold and installed in Australia.
For years, most Aussie shed businesses have been on a race to the bottom trying to offer cheaper and cheaper sheds.
Cheaper sheds have come at the expense of quality and strength and certifiers have been able to ‘hide’ behind their complex calculations. Now, it’s easy for anyone to check for Australian Standards with the Shed Health Test – no more hiding! The least you can do for yourself is to make sure you buy, at the very least, a shed that is Australian Standards compliant.
Check the span and strength of your Top hats, (top hats are used for roof purlins or wall grits to span between portals and other structural framing elements). A bend or sag, (deflection), of 10mm over 3m is all that is permitted by Australian Standards. Many sheds are NOT deflection compliant. Try the Top Hat Span Test to ensure your quote is compliant.
If you have a quote for your new steel building, we recommend that you check the engineering here at this independent site shedhealthtest.com.au. If your new shed is not from Professional Choice Sheds®, you will almost certainly find that your choice is not up to Australian Standards.
A Professional Choice Shed® can be up to 40% heavier than similar structures.
- Solar carport,
- solar ready carports,
- carports,
- sheds,
- garages and
- mezzanine floors.
The use of steel in Professional Choice Sheds and carports is as efficient as it can possibly be and yet these structures are heavier than all on the market – Why?
Here is one simple ‘test’. The Thickness of steel that Colorbond sheeting must be attached to is shown in the BlueScope table below.
TRIMDEK LIMIT STATE WIND PRESSURE CAPACITIES (KPA) 0.48 BMT
| Span type | Limit State | Span (mm) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | 900 | 1200 | 1500 | 1800 | 2100 | 2400 | 2700 | 3000 | ||
| Single | Serviceability | 7.27 | 5.06 | 3.34 | 3.34 | 1.15 | 0.71 | 0.50 | 0.42 | |
| Strength | 12.00 | 11.60 | 9.60 | 7.75 | 6.10 | 4.75 | 3.60 | 2.65 | ||
| End | Serviceability | 6.29 | 5.13 | 3.96 | 2.93 | 2.13 | 1.54 | 1.12 | 0.82 | 0.58 |
| Strength | 9.40 | 8.00 | 6.55 | 5.30 | 4.35 | 3.65 | 3.25 | 2.95 | 2.75 | |
| End | Serviceability | 7.37 | 5.96 | 4.66 | 3.54 | 2.72 | 2.22 | 1.92 | 1.64 | 1.38 |
| Strength | 9.90 | 8.55 | 7.35 | 6.25 | 5.40 | 4.75 | 4.30 | 3.85 | 3.45 | |
| Support must not be less than 1mm BMT | ||||||||||
Most sheds or garages have TRIMDEK or CUSTOM ORB or a Chinese imported sheeting attaching to 0.75mm or less BMT (Base Metal Thickness). The manufacturer specification is a minimum of 1mm BMT. Unless the framing is very close (400mm-450mm which is unlikely on most structurers), they do not meet manufacturer specification. They therefore do not meet NCC compliance – no matter what the engineering certification says.
There is a big difference in the quality high tensile steel made in Australia. It is the much cheaper mild steel imported from China, India or Korea that is used by most shed manufacturers.
Mild steel does not have the strength and is lighter than quality Australian steel. Australian high tensile steel may look similar to an imported equivalent but in many cases, the Australian high tensile steel could be twice as strong as the cheaper import.
Check the strength of the structure you are thinking of buying
No one wants a sag in their roof. The “sag” can be measured in the deflection of the roof. High tensile Australian steel is a lot less ‘bendable’ than low tensile imports.
It’s easy to check the structure you are thinking of purchasing on this independent website www.shedhealthtest.com.au. We doubt any other supplier would encourage you to use this excellent tool!
These are just some points as to why Professional Choice is your guarantee that your new installation will meet all manufacturing and Australian standards.
The unique design and engineering software used, ensures we’re able to customise your carport or shed to the millimetre. There is absolutely no waste. So why do Professional Choice contain more steel than almost all competitors?
Simple, because it is absolutely necessary to truly meet our stringent Australian Standards.
All buildings are engineered site-specific to ensure they will withstand the specific conditions of your site. You have the peace of mind knowing that they will not be rejected by any possible insurance claim!
Solar Ready Carports
Genuine Australian Colorbond Cladding
Solar ready carport roof is certified to 20kg per square meter additional roof load.
Certified Australian G450 High Tensile Steel Columns & Rafters
Certified Australian G450-550 High Tensile Steel Purlins & Girts
Comprehensive & User-friendly Instructions
Certified by Independent Reputable Structural Engineers
- Large or small steel buildings made in your local region designed specifically for you from the ground up.
- Can be designed for little to no extra cost to retrofit solar panels
- Easily strong enough for any cladding additions or mezzanine additions
- Save you time in every stage of the job
- Rapid quotes
- Efficient design techniques to reduce time on site
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- Carport
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- Garage or workshop
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