Make Your Own Garage Ceiling Storage

Building easy diy overhead garage storage rack.

Make your own garage ceiling storage. Diy garage shelves constructed from rain gutters make for standout wall mounted storage. Holiday decorations camping gear seasonal. If you re looking to clean up your garage clutter installing some diy shelving can be a quick win. And 16 is an ultra big unit for massive storage space.

Floor space in most garages is hard to come by so the best place to find storage space for garage shelves is overhead. This video shows how i built strong overhead shelves in my garage with materials i got for free i had to buy only lag screws. 14 is a modern looking simple design. Or you can make five 2x4 cross cleats to span two joists.

On the same topic make sure you also know how much weight your actual garage ceiling can hold. This project assumes that the ceiling joists in your garage run perpendicular to the ceiling cleat. We assembled a list of 16 garage shelving plans below. Here s the step by step to make this shelf yourself.

I used decking screws. You can adjust the width of the storage unit to the nearest joist. If your garage is running out of space try building this overhead storage system. We re delighted to share her diy project using the simpson strong tie workbench shelving hardware kit.

The design came from the exact materials i had at the time and would. If the joists run parallel to the cleat you have two choices. Enough 3 4 plywood to create your actual shelves. A handful of 1 1 4 screws.

Are all those cardboard boxes in the corner of your garage driving you crazy. About a pound of 3 screws. The construction is simple and fast and the whole system is made with standard materials. This suspended garage storage unit was designed and built by amy from hertoolbelt she s a tractor driving tool loving mom of two.

Keep in mind that not all structures or garages are created equal. 1 is an overhead storage blueprint. Before starting on a project like this make sure your garage can indeed support weight from below. After installing the first one at 48 deep i realized that was deeper than i wanted so i made the second on.

There are some interesting options on this list. I used drywall screws. They re usually meant to hold various seasonal items or things that you very rarely use or need. You can make your own diy shelves for the garage easily go double decker for twice the storage capacity.