I want to use my garage for a shop and the wife would like to get her car in there. So, I need another place to store the lawn equipment, extra propane tanks, garden supplies etc.
I thought about building a shed and have not entirely discarded that idea. However, there is a 2nd story screened porch off the back of the house with a poured concrete slab under it. The porch floor is 2x6(?), is supported on 12"x12" brick columns that may have a timber down the center and has 9' of headspace.
So, I was thinking [always a dangerous thing for me to do] that if I framed, by lagging to the columns and concrete, and sheathed the openings, I would end up with a dry space in the neighborhood of 14' x 16'. I think I could make the roof by coming up with some sort of tapered or stepped shims for the bottom of the deck that I could screw corrugated panels to, from underneath. A couple of doors and windows and I could transform a junk catching area to useful space.
Power would come in at a later date, IF needed.
Looked briefly at the "Underdeck" system but that is $1,700 for supplies alone. Nice looking kit, but looks like it is heavy on the install effort and is just a roofing system.
So, any thoughts, suggestions or 1st hand experience with a project like this?
I thought about building a shed and have not entirely discarded that idea. However, there is a 2nd story screened porch off the back of the house with a poured concrete slab under it. The porch floor is 2x6(?), is supported on 12"x12" brick columns that may have a timber down the center and has 9' of headspace.
So, I was thinking [always a dangerous thing for me to do] that if I framed, by lagging to the columns and concrete, and sheathed the openings, I would end up with a dry space in the neighborhood of 14' x 16'. I think I could make the roof by coming up with some sort of tapered or stepped shims for the bottom of the deck that I could screw corrugated panels to, from underneath. A couple of doors and windows and I could transform a junk catching area to useful space.
Power would come in at a later date, IF needed.
Looked briefly at the "Underdeck" system but that is $1,700 for supplies alone. Nice looking kit, but looks like it is heavy on the install effort and is just a roofing system.
So, any thoughts, suggestions or 1st hand experience with a project like this?