Enclosing a carport...?

[ITSANSS]

I've got a carport that's not being used whatsoever and I'd like to utilize it. However, I don't feel comfortable using it unless it were better sheltered from the elements and also from someone less than honest that may decide they want what I have - for free. So, I'd like to enclose it!

I've got a carport exactly like this except the color (but, no, this isn't the actual one I own) --- please see attached image.

So what I was initially thinking was just using sheet metal like what currently makes up the roof of this carport to enclose the back and the sides. But then I got to thinking that that'll make it awful dark inside. Then I was thinking that maybe corrugated fiberglass sheets would be good. They would protect from the elements, people wouldn't be able to see in, but at the same time, it would allow sunlight to pour in so one would be able to see.

So what do ya'll think? Sheet metal? Corrugated fiberglass? Something else?

Thanks!

 

[btbsandman]

I've got a carport that's not being used whatsoever and I'd like to utilize it. However, I don't feel comfortable using it unless it were better sheltered from the elements and also from someone less than honest that may decide they want what I have - for free. So, I'd like to enclose it!

I've got a carport exactly like this except the color (but, no, this isn't the actual one I own) --- please see attached image.

So what I was initially thinking was just using sheet metal like what currently makes up the roof of this carport to enclose the back and the sides. But then I got to thinking that that'll make it awful dark inside. Then I was thinking that maybe corrugated fiberglass sheets would be good. They would protect from the elements, people wouldn't be able to see in, but at the same time, it would allow sunlight to pour in so one would be able to see.

So what do ya'll think? Sheet metal? Corrugated fiberglass? Something else?

Thanks!

Corrugated Fiberglass is a good start.

 

[Ironcrow]

What are you going to do for a door? Shower curtain? If it is just a rental or something and you want to get away really cheap, fiberglass would work. I think I'd tend toward sheet metal, add a light inside, and cob up a cheap tin roll up garage door.

 

[Zeke]

Plywood is as cheap as anything, easy to work with and flexible in that you can cut in windows and attach things like cleats for shelves, etc. It paints to your choice of color and is reasonable secure. You can use metal studs for framework.