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.
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.
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.
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. | ~ 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. | ~ | ✓ |
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 | ~ 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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