Saxmanrios
02-09-05, 12:56 PM
I thought I posted a message a few days ago, but I was unable to find it and see if I had any responses. A few of my family members and I have decided to undertake a very big project. My grandmother owns the property next to her house. There actually use to be a house on this property, but my grandfather demolished it and built himself a shop. It's a fairly large structure (bigger than grandma's house) and it is not being used for anything other than storing tons of junk. We decided to clean it out and lose the junk and see if we could turn it into an indoor basketball court. There are a few projects where we will definitely have a professional come in and handle. The first that comes to mind is the roof. The roof has to be replaced because of a tree branch that fell on it and caused a lot of damage in a storm. We thought we would look into having the height of the roof raised to assure that we would have ample space above the backboard. Also, the concrete slab needs to be resurfaced. Anyway, we can do most of the framing on our own, but I'm not sure how to attach the wall framing to the existing frame. The frame is made up I-beams set in 2' ground. There are a total of 10 (5 per side) set 10' apart on center. I'm assuming that we could weld a couple of pieces of angle iron and brace the frame to them with a couple of bolts. That's the way the roof was built. The frame of the roof is made of I-beams also. There are 2 beams welded together to form a peak and then welded on the lower ends to the beams that are set in the ground. Running above and perpindicular to the roof I-beams are 2x4s braced the exact same way I described above. I'm not sure about the building codes or anything like that, but I wanted to get the opinion of some real do it yourselfers. We're planning on building a couple of rooms at the rear of the building (between the last 2 I-beams). Above those rooms I thought we could add a bedroom. Any ideas or suggestions? All input is welcomed (especially on possible flooring material for the court). Let me know if you need any other info. Thanks!!!!
Rick
Houston, TX
Rick
Houston, TX