What Advance Outdoor Sets Out to Do
A garage bay costs tens of thousands and takes months. A vehicle left uncovered pays for that decision in faded paint, cracked dashboards, ice-locked doors and a windscreen scraped every winter morning. Advance Outdoor exists in the gap between those two facts: a steel-framed, waterproof-topped structure that goes up in an afternoon, costs a fraction of construction, and can be taken down and moved when the driveway changes.
The 10×20 ft carport is the range’s centre of gravity — wide enough for a car with the doors open, long enough for a pickup, and adjustable from a 9.5 ft to an 11 ft peak so a van or a boat on its trailer still clears the frame. Around it sit 10×15 and 12×20 frames, 20×20 two-car metal carports, walk-in storage shelters, dome shelters, vent storage tents and compact bike and motorcycle sheds.
None of it is disposable. Replacement canopy tops, leg cloths, ground stakes and frame fittings are stocked for the popular sizes, because a shelter whose cover cannot be replaced is a shelter with an expiry date.
What You Can Count On
The three commitments behind every Advance Outdoor structure.
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Steel, Not Guesswork
Powder-coated tubing, pre-drilled connectors and reinforced joints — specified for real wind and snow load, not for a weekend in still air.
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Instructions That Match the Box
Numbered poles and a printed sheet that follows the order the build actually happens: lay out, truss, raise, cover, tension, anchor.
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Spare Parts, Years Later
Replacement covers, leg cloths, stakes and fittings for the common frame sizes, so a worn top never means a scrapped shelter.
How the Structures Are Built
Every frame starts as powder-coated steel tubing with pre-drilled connectors, so the parts only fit together the way the instructions intend. The heavier carports use thicker-gauge legs and reinforced corner joints where wind load concentrates; the smaller sheds use the same connector system at a lighter weight so one person can still handle a pole.
Covers are triple-layer polyethylene with UV inhibitors and welded seams rather than stitched ones, which is what stops a seam wicking water in a long rain. Several models add roll-up vent windows and mesh panels: the point is airflow, because a sealed cover over a warm car makes condensation that then drips back down onto it.
Anchoring is the part that decides whether the shelter is still there next spring. Every frame ships with ground stakes; on soft ground, auger anchors and ratchet straps over the roof line do more for stability than any amount of extra weight inside.
About Advance Outdoor — Common Questions
Homeowners with more vehicles than garage, gardeners who ran out of shed, tradespeople who need dry storage on site, and anyone who would rather not scrape ice off a windscreen every morning. If the problem is covered space and a building is not the answer, this is the range.
In most residential settings a portable, non-foundation shelter does not need one, but rules differ by country, state and even municipality — and some homeowners’ associations have their own view. Check locally before you order, especially for the larger 12×20 and 20×20 frames or anything close to a boundary.
Yes. The frames are bolt-together, not welded, and the covers come off separately. Owners routinely move a carport when a driveway is resurfaced or fold one down for the winter. Keep the instruction sheet and the small-parts bag — reassembly is much faster with both.
The same product line. Covers, leg cloths, stakes and fittings are listed by frame footprint and peak height rather than by year of purchase, because the frame dimensions have stayed consistent across production runs. Measure your frame, order to those numbers.
Covered Space, Without the Building Site
Carports, canopies, storage shelters and bike sheds that go up in an afternoon — and the parts to keep them standing.