On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:16:51 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 9:18:14 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:11:44 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Monday, April 26, 2021 at 10:19:31 PM UTC-4, Markem618 wrote:
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:05:25 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:28:34 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Tuftex-SeaC...-Panel/3010589

I read/heard about critters, bees, etc. but I decided to go for it anyway.
For a number of years I had it partially roofed (ceilinged, I guess) with
semi-transparent corrugated fiberglass panels and when I took them
down there was no indication of unwanted guests. I get nests behind
my shutters and in a few other places, so I know I have wasps, but the
under-deck panels haven't ever been a problem.

I need 12' to simplify things but that doesn't look like a problem. I
was thinking about steel or fiberglass but PVC may be lighter. This
looks like a possibility too. Clear would allow me to see the
critters under there. We have squirrels making a nest in our gas
grill (hasn't been used in years) now. I wouldn't want them under
there.

Pvc can be heavy, could try Polycarbonate Twinwall if you want some
what clear.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Tuftex-Poly...-Panel/3043807

PVC *can* be heavy, but these panels aren't. The 2.2' x 8' panels I used were
something like 4 lbs each.

The only reason I needed SWMBO's help mounting them was because they
are so flexible, especially while trying to hold them up to underside of the
joists.

Weight was definitely not an issue.
They weren't too floppy to keep the pitch?

The pitch is created with strapping across the joists, like
hanging drywall on a ceiling. Difference is, the strapping
thinner near the house (none right at the wall) and thicker
as it approaches the gutter. If you want it perfectly flat
along the pitch, use more strapping.

Right, but the stuff is designed to lay on top of purlins and is just
screwed down to keep from blowing to OZ. In this case the screws hold
the weight. Where gravity is your friend on one case, holding the
panels straight against the purlins, it's the enemy in the other as it
pulls it away from the joists.

Mine isn’t perfect, probably could use one more strap, but
there’s enough pitch that it never backs up or leaks. It's
a storage area, not a formal dining room.

When you say "strap", do you mean a board under the panel, across the
whole distance? This strap holds the weight?

I've got a piece under the stairs up to the deck also. Great
place to keep the 2 wheeled garden cart.

No stairs. No ground access from the deck. :-(