how to keep stuff dry under new deck- need ideas

[Pixguy]

Here's a photo of what I described above. Maybe not as pretty as the others but cheaper and does the trick.

Available at HD.
26 in. x 8 ft. Solar Gray Polycarbonate Corrugated Roofing Panel-101929 at The Home Depot

 

[woodchuckie]

For a really inexpensive shelter for the kids bikes etc. I stapled heavy duty black plastic to the underside of my pool deck.

 

[joemd11]

Pixguy, that ceiling looks very good. Clean, neat job!

 

[Pixguy]

Pixguy, that ceiling looks very good. Clean, neat job!

Thank you, I hated to lose that space when it rains and have water dropping on us from overhead.

Plus it was a great place to store my MF tlb until I built a garage for her.

 

[newbury]

I did similar to pixguy but more low tech.
I used bent coat hangers for hooks and suspended some spare pipe at either end of the plastic and one for the middle.
I then just laid several sheets of the corrugated roof plastic on these with a little overlap. Lot's of "stuff" filters thru the porch so I take it down every once and a while to rinse off.

 

[robs660]

Whatever you do make sure you have a way to get to the top side for cleaning you will be amazed how much stuff will get trapped up there.

 

[brin]

I did similar to pixguy but more low tech.
I used bent coat hangers for hooks and suspended some spare pipe at either end of the plastic and one for the middle.
I then just laid several sheets of the corrugated roof plastic on these with a little overlap. Lot's of "stuff" filters thru the porch so I take it down every once and a while to rinse off.

I did the very same thing...I think it cost me less than $100 and we are always dry underneath...it has been about 10 years..plastic does not rot and it has held up well..we rinse once a year with a little bleach in a each gallon of water..

 

[Pixguy]

Sorry for the Iphone photo that light the actual cover, but here's a photo after we got lots of rain last night, and kept the furniture under deck dry.