Carolina Carports is a nightmare of a company. They insist you work through their "local representatives" to design your building. My local representative, recommended by Carolina Carports from their Web site, is Bulldog Steel Structures. Both companies are located in Dobson, NC, and work closely together. Bert and Bryan, from Bulldog Steel Structures spent more than a month designing for me a $50,000+ metal building, 30' by 60", for office, pottery studio and garage, that required $10,000+ in insulation, and THEY KNEW would require electricity for lighting, heating and air conditioning. I had to pay Bulldog Steel Structures $7,000+ as my agent to design the building. I was on a tight schedule. Then Carolina Carports tells me, after I signed my contract and they installed my building, that I would void my building contract if I put in electricity, heating and air conditioning, which Carolina Carports does not install. Also, they have a 2.5" gap between the walls and ceiling of the building that makes insulation useless. nevertheless, Carolina Carports advertises today (8/17/2022) on their web site an office building that has heat pumps outside the building with electrical panels. Also, on their web site, they list proudly a 20 year warranty, but don't mention that you'll lose your building warranty if you install electricity in the building. Who does not need electric lighting in a large building that serves as a studio, garage and office?
Carolina Carports and Bulldog Steel Structures have a misleading and, I insist, fraudulent process for sales and marketing that seduces customers to design and build buildings, and pay non-refundable deposits to their "local representatives," before Carolina Carports notifies you, the duped consumer, in no uncertain terms, that any changes that their "local representatives" have helped you plan will void your building warranty.
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