T-N-T carports

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mainiak1

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Fairfield, Maine
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Does anyone own one that they could give me some reviews please? They are based in North Carolina. They are starting to market them in Maine. They also sell the kits to enclose them and turn into a garage. If any one has had experience with them good or bad please respond.

Thank you,
mainiak1
 
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Yes, I have one of T-N-T's 20' x 21' carports as you can see in the attachment. We've had it now for nearly 11 months (since October 21, 2003) and I'm well pleased with it. Of course, if I'd known then what I know now, I'd have dealt directly with T-N-T. In searching the web for such a carport, I found a site in Kansas selling them and that's who I bought it from. However, I learned that he simply sells them on the Internet, gets a 10% commission (the down payment in advance), then sends the order to T-N-T. I ordered it on 10-9-03 and was told it might be a couple of weeks before they installed it. On 10-17-03 (Friday), a lady called on the phone for detailed directions to get here from a town about 150 miles south of us and said they would be here to install it on 10-20-03. When no one had shown up or called by 7:30 p.m. on 10-20-03 (Monday), I sent an e-mail to the guy I had made the deal with (I thought I just might have fallen for a scam). Anyway, within a few minutes he responded and after a couple of e-mails, he called me on the phone. Then while we were on the phone, after 8 p.m., the installer called to say their trailer lights had quit working and asked if it would be all right for them to be here the next morning. I agreed and they were here at 6 a.m. the next morning; two guys in a nearly new Ford F350 crew cab diesel dually 4WD, pulling a specially built trailer. I thought they would have local installers, but these guys live in Mt. Airy, NC, and that's where the truck and trailer were registered. They said the trailer would haul 16 carports at a time. Since it was still quite dark outside when they got here, we drank coffee and waited until daylight for them to start, but they were through and ready to leave at 8:30 a.m.

A long story that you're probably not interested in /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif, but yes, I'd recommend them and use them again. Of course, they have a lot of different sizes, but the one I got cost $795 plus sales tax, installed.
 

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Oops, forgot to mention it, but I guess you know they do have a web site; T-N-T Carports. The reason it took me so long to find one on the Internet was because I spent a lot of time looking for "aluminum" carports and they're not aluminum; they're steel.
 
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Bird,

Thanks for the reply. You say you payed $795.00 for a 20x21? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif They cost alot more here in Maine for a 20x21 they want $1295.00 now your making me feel bad. I wonder if you buy direct if they are any cheaper?
 
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That price difference might be a little misleading. T-N-T, as well as some other manufacturers, have different gauges of steel and they are very likely quoting the thicker gauge up there. I have the lightest one because all I'm concerned about is having some shade over the vehicle, being able to get in and out of the car on rainy days without getting wet, keeping the morning dew off the car, and the possibility of hail. No snow load to even consider. And you might notice on mine that there are 5 "ribs?" and you can see the extra brace in each corner. My wife has a brother in West Virginia who had one that "looks" like ours, but has the extras brace in the bend of the rib on all five, is the heavier gauge metal, came from a different company, and cost a good bit more than ours. And ours is what they call 5' sides (they measure from the bottom edge of the sheet metal). They make taller ones for more money. One of our neighbors has one that's 6' instead of 5' and has a gable in one end, but it's still just 20' x 21' and the company that installed it gets $1,695 for them.

And a couple of hours ago, our youngest daughter asked me to call T-N-T Monday and order one for her. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif So I guess I'll find out if what we've been hearing about the high cost of steel has made the price go up on the carports since we got ours nearly a year ago.
 
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I beleive we have the same thing here. Your size Bird would be 695.00, and I would expect the difference from our locations.
 
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I saw this and wondered - who would put Top-N-Tilt on a car port?

Cliff
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I was waiting for that! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif )</font>

Well, it's a good thing I happened along, or you wouldn't have been able to sleep.
Cliff
 
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I saw this and wondered - who would put Top-N-Tilt on a car port? )</font>

Sadly enough that was the first thing that crossed my mind as well. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
 

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