Have a concrete pad and one cinder block wall....?

Question

My oil tank and propane tank are on these pads and they bake in the sun. Brand new oil tank is starting to rust. I would like to enclose this area, but I am a beginner do-it-yourselfer.

Basically, I am trying to build a shed around this. I can take down the cinder block wall if I need to. I need to build the sides and the roof and keep the pad. I will a full set of doors on the front and a top only door on the back so the oil/propane can be delivered. Right now I have a top only opening in the fence that surrounds 3 sides of the pad.

Any ideas of where I can some type of plan to get me started? Is this a project I can do? I don't even know how to connect the bottom to the concrete.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Keep the one wall and build off of that.. Would be a waste of time and money to tear down a good wall to put up another one... To answer your question  about connecting to the concrete pad is to get pressure treated lumber and use a masonry bit to drill holes into the slab through your lumber and use concrete expansion bolts  (http://www.ameribestfasteners.com/_borde... to attach the lumber/wall frame to the slab and build up.. You can do this if you have simple construction knowledge... good Luck

Answer 2

This one of those times a picture would be worth a thousand words.

It may be something you would build a structure like a poll barn around the items.I would say check with the suppliers oil/propane as to safety concerns.Also a call to the city/county where you live as well.My concern would be proper ventilation to the products.

This may well be something if allowed you may wish to have a handy man service build for you.You can even hide the structure a bit with bushes/plants.Again safety about what your attempting to do.

Good Luck