Build a carport. Instead of wooden posts, is flat iron possible?

Hello,

just asking very cautiously: What are the regulations for border construction like with you?

Is the wall even permissible in length and height?

Best regards,

Dirk

So the wall should not be the problem. It doesn’t even stick out of the ground. The driveway is 1.80 meters deep. At the moment, next to the house there is earth up to a height of 1.80 m (measured from the bottom edge of the garage). So the earth next to the house will be excavated and then a wall will be built. The current fence belongs to the neighbor. Therefore, I told him that it’s best if the wall is also on his property, since it would essentially be his. He has no objections at all. We just need to apply for a building encumbrance registration because we already have a boundary structure on the other side of the property.

The wall will then only reach up to the neighbor’s lawn edge in height, and our driveway to the carport will then be 1.80 m lower. So I will only have to cover 1 meter from the top edge of the wall to the carport roof. I will probably inquire with a structural engineer about the loads to be calculated and what the flat steel should look like.

Good evening,

.... Thus, I can use my full 2.70 m.

That is something I do not understand. The usual setback distance is 3.00 m. Why do you "only" have 2.70 m available? Furthermore, if your carport is to meet the requirements for sheltering a motorhome, it usually triggers setback distances at a height of 2.80 m.

Rhineland regards

From our house to the boundary is 2.75 m. I don't know exactly why that is. I only heard once that we had to give about 20 or 25 cm of our property to the neighbor back then, otherwise he wouldn't have been allowed to build his house like that. Somehow it worked out.

If the wall now goes onto the neighbor's property, I have 2.75 m available. The caravan is 2.50 m wide and hopefully fits in there. What do you mean by "usually triggers distance requirements at 2.80 m height"?

The caravan has a height of 2.60 m. I simply need that as effective height (+ a few cm).

Hello,

From our house to the border is 2.75 m. Why it is like that, I don't know exactly. I only heard that we had to give about 20 or 25 cm of our property to the neighbor back then, otherwise he wouldn't have been allowed to build his house like that. Somehow it worked out.

Then you had to register a building encumbrance for the neighbor.

What do you mean by "usually triggers clearance areas at 2.80 m height."?

Look at your development plan. Usually, a "normal" garage is max. 2.60 m high, anything above that causes a shadow on the neighbor's property. So I could very well imagine that your neighbor has to register a building encumbrance for the desired carport on his side.

Rhenish greetings

Exactly. We will have a building easement registered for him. There is actually no shade, since the carport is attached to the south side of our house and it is only 1 meter high above the edge of the lawn to the neighbor. But I will clarify that with the district in the next few days anyway.