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IGot2P

On 11/19/2013 10:03 PM, wrote:
I was having a discussion with a guy who has a trailer home with an
attached garage. He said "it's not a garage, it's a carport". Well,
they both serve the same purpose, but that got me wondering when they
should be called a carport. Is that only when they are attached to a
trailer house? Yet I've seen identical looking structures attached to
houses....???? I've always called all of them garages. I never even
used the word "carport" until this guy mentioned it.

Is there a time and place to use the word carport, or is it just another
name for the same thing? Not that it really matters, but just
wondering.....

In my area, and I think most others, a carport is built to offer limited
protection to vehicles. A carport can either be free standing or more
often attached to a wall of a building. Carports do not have four walls,
and usually has only one or two whereas a garage offers much more
protection and has four walls. One of the walls of a garage normally has
an overhead door for vehicle entry and exit as opposed to a carport
which the entry is normally open.

In short, carport is NOT just another word for garage.

Don