Most companies will only attach to a structure that was built by them for liability reasons.
Stand alone lean to roof.
Some kind of roof line attached to the garage would be needed.
They can be used to as picnic shelters company rest areas or any number of applications that call for a building with an angled roof and a flat edge.
It goes up 5 inches.
A free standing lean to is a structure that is technically unattached but can be installed very close to an existing structure.
The freestanding lean to makes a good addition to your portable storage shed or any other place where you need a lean to cover for some extra storage.
Lean to carports and buildings.
The ideal roof slope for the climate is 5 12 or better.
The sloped roof of the lean to shed will allow water and snow to run off to one side of the roof without soaking into the wood.
If you have no space constraints you could have a free standing carport built to your specifications.
Building lean to roof.
That means for every 12 inches or foot the roof runs.
Screw the add on wall to the top of 1 side of the shed.
The steeper the slope the faster it sheds snow ice and leaves so less build up.
Then set the add on wall on the side you d like to be elevated.
A stand alone roof could have been constructed but would have looked decidedly odd next to the garage but not a part of it.
May 22 2016 tin roof lean to free standing google search.
Standard features 8 leg height high side.
When you re looking for an affordable car cover the most obvious choice is between a metal lean to and stand alone single carports.
A regular lean to is an additional single sloped structure attached to another metal structure.
On the other hand if space is a limitation a lean to structure is the solution.
I live in a snowy climate and the lean to roof slope gave me some concerns.