How to Customize Your Garage Shelving
Customize your garage shelving to make the best use of the amount of wall space that you have to work with. Your shelving material should consist of plastic-coated metal wires or a heavy-duty plastic designed to hold at least 50 pounds. Wood is another option but a tough paint or polyurethane finish is recommended to protect the wood from spills, sliding objects and jars that are frequent in a garage setting. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Measuring tape
- Level
- Stud Finder
- Pencil or marker
- 12-inch-by-18-inch metal adjustable wall brackets
- 5-inch-by-8-inch metal adjustable wall brackets
- 12-inch-wide shelving
- 5-inch-wide shelving
- Heavy duty metal standards
- Anchors and screws
Instructions
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Blueprinting and Mounting your Custom Shelves
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Plan before you drill your holes. Draw a rough sketch of your proposed garage wall area and play with different types of arrangements. Place a shelf designed for popular tools and supplies at eye level and work your way up and down. Little-used supplies and toxic materials can be assigned for top shelves where a step stool or ladder is necessary to reach. Allow proper spacing for large upright objects or plan a separate corner shelving unit for items standing 18 inches or taller. Use smaller brackets to make shelves that line the walls surrounding the bottom portion of a workbench for easy to reach tools.
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Locate an open wall space in your garage that can easily accommodate shelving away from the traffic flow. Make sure the doors clear any anticipated shelving. A 4-foot to 8-foot section of clear wall is ideal for shelving that can run from ceiling to floor.
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Measure and level each space for your shelves once you have your design on paper. The sides of your shelving should be consistent vertically but the width between shelves can vary. Make a wide shelf with brackets along each stud to support at least 75 pounds.
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Once your wall brackets have been mounted, set your shelves in place and see if any adjustments in height are necessary. Using adjustable mounting brackets lets you realign your shelves for proper height.
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Install a wall-mounted bench using the same shelving materials where you can rest a stool underneath and have a place to work on small repairs. Line your area with small shelves for screws and tools.
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References
- Photo Credit rayonnage de magasin de bricolage image by Nath Photos from Fotolia.com blueprints,phone image by Greg Pickens from Fotolia.com
