Mike,
First of all, if your foundation can deal with it/there aren't water
table issues its a time honored remodeling improvement to just dig out a
crawl
space and turn it into a basement - you could just pour a slab and wall
in a section (and even put in a stairway (or an outside door) if you're
motivated...).
As far as stair access goes, you might look into one of the many attic
stair rigs - I've seen a number of different ones over the years, and...
Don't know what to say about your dumb waiter - maybe you could find
some plans for one somewhere/copy a design from
an existing structure (good luck - a surprising number of houses had
these at one time or another but they got ripped out).
Good Luck,
rkg
(Richard George)
>A somewhat strange request perhaps....
>I'm running out of storage space in the garage, yet somehow end up
>accumulating more "stuff" all the time.... <G>
>Well, we have a fairly large crawlspace under the house. The dirt in there is
>pretty uneven, but seems to average around 8'. I wish they would have built
>it out as a basement, but oh well....
>At first, I thought the only access to the crawlspace was a small half-sized
>door at the back of the house. However, ee just re-carpeted the floor, and
>when the old carpet was pulled, I saw an access panel in the hallway closet
>leading down to the crawlspace.
>With this somewhat convenient access to the crawlspace, I'd like to "finish
>off" a section of it to use as storage. By 'finish off", I mean something
>enclosed enough to keep out dust, dirt, insects, etc. I figure I can somehow
>level off the dirt and build a small shedlike structure, or setup some covered
>shelving. There is already an outside outlet accessible from within the
>crawlspace which I can tap and add additional outlets/lighting.
>I need a way of moving things in and out of the crawlspace though, other than
>using a ladder (too awkward for me). I was thinking of building some sort of
>lift, perhaps using some steel pipes for uprights, and a platform
>raised/lowered by a small electric hoist or winch. It would only need to
>support 200-300 lbs. Is this a feasible idea, and if so, how would I plan
>such a thing? Would there be any possible building code violation in building
>such a thing, or using a crawlspace for such a purpose?
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