LOL! That's actually... well, I was never sure what the poles were for. That is a deck next to an above ground swimming pool. I think he was going to do a pergola at some point, but they moved before it was finished. The current owners cut the poles to a more reasonable length.
And it's not...
Thanks, that's something that I hadn't thought of. It would be just my luck that they didn't build it to code. We've run into that before when we went to finish out the upstairs. Huge unfinished space, but it wasn't framed properly to accommodate finishing it out later.
When the POs built our house, they created an 18'x24' slab for the purpose of building a detached garage. We've been here almost 12 years and haven't been able to afford to doing anything with it. Now our financial situation has improved enough that it might be possible. However, I'd like...
Just subscribed! I've got a 18x24 slab already poured by previous owner, just waiting for me to put something up, so this is really close to what we'll be doing. Looking good so far!