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Get Carports Alternatives in Central Texas

Get Carports is an online configurator for prefab steel structures. If you want a local crew that pours concrete and builds same-week instead, Triple J Metal serves Bell + neighboring counties from Temple, TX.

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Reviewed by Juan Luis Leon
Foreman & founder · Triple J Metal · Temple, TX
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TL;DR

Get Carports is a national online retailer. You configure your structure on their site and a partner installer delivers it. Triple J Metal is the installer — we build directly, with welded steel as a flagship option and concrete pads in the same contract. If you want a configurator and don't mind coordinating dealers, Get works. If you want one company doing the whole job, Triple J fits.

Why people compare these

Both Get Carports and Triple J Metal will end with steel on your property. The difference is who handles the work in between. Get Carports is the catalog and the manufacturer relationship. Triple J Metal is the crew, the welder, the concrete pour, and the call-back. People compare when they realize the 'who shows up' question matters more than the catalog.

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Feature-by-feature comparison

What you get with each company on the most-asked questions. Verified from each company's public website.

Feature
National kit
Triple J Metal
This is us
Install crew shows up
Do they actually build it on your property, or just ship a kit?
Customer arranges install
Our welded crew, every job
Welded steel option
On-site welded red iron, not a bolted-only kit.
Bolted kit only
Concrete pad in the same contract
One company pours your slab — no separate concrete contractor.
Customer arranges
4,000 PSI
Same-week scheduling
On-site within days of contract signing, not 4–16 weeks.
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Typically 4–16 weeks
Permitting help
We pull permits in Bell, Coryell, McLennan, Williamson counties.
Custom dimensions
Any width / length / height — not a fixed catalog SKU.
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Local crew you can call
Texas phone, Texas crew — not a national 800 number.
National support line
254-346-7764
Coverage area
National via dealers
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90-min radius from Temple

Comparison based on each company’s public website information as of the date below. Where a competitor’s public materials don’t document a feature, the cell shows “—” (unknown). We update this comparison quarterly or when competitors ship significant changes. Sources cited above link to each company’s public site. Spot something inaccurate? Let us know.

Online retailer vs. local installer

Get Carports is essentially a configurator + dealer-network business — you spec your structure online, pay a deposit, and a regional installer in their network handles delivery and assembly. Triple J Metal is the installer side of that equation, but for our own customers we're also the manufacturer relationship and the concrete contractor. One contract, one crew, one schedule.

Welded vs. bolted

Get Carports' product line is primarily bolted steel — assembled on-site by the installer using their hardware. That's a fine product for many residential carports. Triple J's flagship welded red iron carport is a different category — a permanent structure with on-site Miller Bobcat-welded joints, rated for higher wind loads. We offer bolted as the budget option for customers who want a kit-style price; welded is for customers treating the carport as a long-term real estate improvement.

Concrete pad — your contractor vs. ours

When you order through Get Carports, the slab is your job — you arrange a local concrete contractor, manage the schedule between cure and install, and handle that invoice separately. With Triple J, both the concrete pad (4,000 PSI for Central Texas' clay soil) and the steel structure are in the same contract. You make one decision, write one check, and one company answers when you call.

Lead time

Get Carports' typical lead time depends on the regional installer and current factory load — historically several weeks from configuration to install. Triple J's lead time is measured in days because we control the manufacturing relationship, the truck, the crew, and the calendar. Same-week installs are normal for residential carports; larger structures take 2–3 days on-site.

When the competitor is the right pick

If you live outside Central Texas or want to compare configurations across many regional installers, Get Carports' online tooling covers more variations than we publish. If you want only a bolted kit and you have your own slab and your own assembly help, Get's catalog is broader than Triple J's.

When Triple J Metal is the better fit

  • You're in our Bell County build radius (90 min from Temple, TX).
  • You want welded red iron — Get Carports primarily ships bolted kits.
  • You don't want to coordinate the slab and the steel as two separate jobs.
  • You'd rather have one Texas phone number than a national support line.
  • You need it on-site this week, not in 4–8 weeks.
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