Thread: New Construction Project

Ok Gents - I am about to embark on a new construction project.

I am building a 140 sq ft 4 seasons room under my deck. A door wall in my basement walk out leads into the room.

Now here comes the challange. I am installing a ceiling under the deck and the whole room is on a slab - in Michigan! 42" frost line!

So I came up with a channel system against the house and under the deck that will allow the walls to float in the channels as the slab heaves during the winter. I drew up the plans and brought them to my building inspector. He passed them with flying colors and said it will work well.

Heat will be provided with a room space heater and a cieling fan for the summer. Plus (6) 3x4 windows and an exterior door wall. I need the room because I live on a wet land. Horrible mosquitos in the summer - 0 degrees in the winter. How am I going to relax and enjoy a fine pipe otherwise?

Materials are ordered and on their way. Wish me luck!

David

That sounds most excellent.

Originally Posted by Alembic

Ok Gents - I am about to embark on a new construction project.

I am building a 140 sq ft 4 seasons room under my deck. A door wall in my basement walk out leads into the room.

Now here comes the challange. I am installing a ceiling under the deck and the whole room is on a slab - in Michigan! 42" frost line!

So I came up with a channel system against the house and under the deck that will allow the walls to float in the channels as the slab heaves during the winter. I drew up the plans and brought them to my building inspector. He passed them with flying colors and said it will work well.

Heat will be provided with a room space heater and a cieling fan for the summer. Plus (6) 3x4 windows and an exterior door wall. I need the room because I live on a wet land. Horrible mosquitos in the summer - 0 degrees in the winter. How am I going to relax and enjoy a fine pipe otherwise?

Materials are ordered and on their way. Wish me luck!

David

That sounds amazing, can you scan the pictueres? The liquid stasis system sounds sweeeet

what are you using; metal deflection track?

That sounds awesome David! Good luck!

Any chance of some pics as you go along?

Thanks everyone - and rest assured I will be posting pics along the way.

I talked about the plan with the building inspector, and I am just constructing channels out of 1x6 wood with appropriate gaps for expansion. The slab can heave as much as 2 inches, so I will have the channels 5 inches deep and the wall will go into the channel 2 inches for the horizontal channels. In the vertical channel that is attached to the wall, I will leave 1/2 inch for material expansion between the edge of the wall and the front of the vertical.

I will leave 1/2 inch side to side in all channels for expansion. I will be stuffing these areas with fiberglass insulation to close the gaps.

Now this is the plan. I may have to make changes as I go along to accomodate the unexpected.


David

What are you doing for a roof?
Morty

Originally Posted by Morty

What are you doing for a roof?
Morty

The roof is a product called Dry Snap. It uses the underside of a deck to create a ceiling and drainage system.