How to make shelves in a garage?

Spacious and convenient storage systems allow placing in a smallindoor tools, supplies, car parts and other important trivia that have the property of cluttering up spacein. To make racks, you need to decide on the materials, perform room measurements, develop a scheme and design, and think over all possible options. Consider in this article how to make shelves for the garage with your own hands, so that they really helped to organize all space and objects conveniently.

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Which shelf structures and shelves are appropriate in the garage?

The easiest way is to equip the garage with ready systems, choosing the appropriate option with a simple fixing mechanism. However, it is not always possible to guess with the dimensions of the shelves, besides, not all purchased models will be as reliable and functional as it would be desirable. It is more convenient, convenient and logical to make shelves in the garage on your own. As a result, you will receive:

• Elimination of clutter.
• Save space.
• Giving the hangar( garage) of a manor, well-groomed kind.
• Ease of storing tools and other things.

Important! The most common materials for performing sections of shelves for a garage are metal and wood, less often plastic. The most practical products are those that are made by combining metal with wood.

On the assembly options, the racks are:

• Stationary - designed for a specific place in the room. This variant of the rack is assembled once, fastened to the wall( floor or ceiling) with the help of brackets.
• Mobile - can be moved. Such racks are mounted on a trolley or wheels. But it is important to control the load without cluttering them with massive equipment.
• Demountable - the number of shelves and the height can be changed.
• Suspended - fixed to the ceiling or walls in any convenient location.
• Designs more exotic, for example, rotating - look in the garage very stylish, but not suitable for storing large tools. Ideal for different screwdrivers and self-tapping screws.

Important! Planning the size of the shelves and the number of shelves in them, you must proceed from the dimensions of the garage.

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The simplest wood rack

Often the owners make the garage racks with their own hands made of wood, and that's why:

• The cost of the wooden structure is much lower than the metal.
• The principle of assembly is simple and fast - there is no need to use welding.
• Naturalness, convenience, aesthetics.
• Relatively long service life, acceptable strength.

Sequence of manufacturing of wooden shelving:

• First of all, choose the material for shelves and racks.

Important! Ideal will be oak or other hard wood species, but you can take pine.

• Vertical stands make of a bar section of 10X5 cm or 10X10 cm. As a crossbar between the shelves, you can also use a smaller beam or board.
• Shelves, according to the measurements, cut from the sheet of particle board. To increase the service life and reduce the risk of fire, before starting to assemble the structure, treat all parts with an antiseptic solution.
• Mark the racks vertically, mark the places in which the shelves will be fixed.

Important! The best way to fix the shelves in the base are the metal corners.

• After assembly, paint or coat the product with varnish, carefully working the ends.

Important! In order for the made wooden shelving to be more stable, it is recommended to attach it to the garage wall with the help of metal brackets.

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Wooden rack with metal frame

A steel rack in the garage with your own hands is a wonderful option. Although it is somewhat more expensive, but the advantages are obvious, for example, immunity to moisture, mold and fungus, high strength, resistance to fire and long life. But to simplify and reduce the cost of such a variant of the shelving, shelves for it are better to make wooden.

Preparation of tools and material for assembly:

• It is possible to manufacture racks for this type of garage rack using rectangular pipes or profiles with a width of one side of not more than five centimeters, and for cross-pieces it is better to take a 30-mm corner.
• The frame is made from a corner with the expectation that the thickness of the shelf will be about 1.5-3 cm.
• The cross bars from the corner can be varied to vertical guides, but it will be more rational to bolt them.

Important! If you want to change the height, this option will be welcome.

• Shelves can be made from sheets of plywood or chipboard in pre-cut sizes, but their width should be at least 1.5 cm - this will give a guarantee of durability.

In addition, the following tools are needed:

• Bulgarian. Screwdriver or drill.
• Level and angle.
• Hacksaw.

racking technology The system is assembled in free space, and when the frame is ready, it is mounted to the wall. The scheme for manufacturing a metal garage rack is as follows:

1. Cut the prepared components for the structure in accordance with the measurements made by the Bulgarian.
2. Mark the vertical position of the shelves on the racks.
3. Weld the corners or screw them to the posts using bolts, while strictly observing the corners, so that the design does not turn out to be a curve.
4. Coat the metal frame with an anti-corrosive compound.
5. From plywood or chipboard cut the shelves, then try them on the finished frame, applying across.
6. Sand and color the finished shelves.
7. After drying, attach them to the metal frame using self-tapping screws, adjusting closely to each other.

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Manufacturing of the fixed storage

Sometimes it is more practical for a garage to make a stationary rack that can be mounted on the site by attaching to a wall. Let's consider in more detail the scheme of assembly of this construction:

1. Make the markings on the wall for fasteners, drill holes and plug the dowels.
2. Cut wooden beams or metal profile according to the scheme.
3. Fix to the wall distant racks, measuring each strictly in level.
4. Connect the framework with horizontal binders from the corners to the width( according to the height of the future shelves).
5. Install the front pillars, connecting with the side slats on which the shelves will rest.
6. Attach the front verticals, then form flooring from the boards or lay the shelves of plywood with prepared grooves.

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Simple practical wooden shelves

To fulfill shelves for storing tools or other things in the garage, try to adhere to these recommendations:

• Depth - up to 50 cm.
• Width - 1-1,5 m.
• Height( if you make a multi-tiershelf) - 30-60 cm

To make simple and functional shelves for the garage with your own hands, you should make all the measurements in advance and prepare a sketch. Then:

• Vertical racks and frame are manufactured, for this purpose a standard square bar, for example 10X10, is suitable.
• For the shelf itself, a plywood or planed board is suitable.
• Attach the board to the base using self-tapping screws, and to the posts using a metal corner.

Important! Cover the finished product with varnish or paint.

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Sturdy metal structures

Metal garage shelves are designed to store heavy and voluminous equipment. Therefore, to connect their components follows, using welding:

1. First of all, create a sketch, which will contain the dimensions and reflect the design features.
2. Pre-take care of the elements of the frame - corner pieces.
3. Perform welding of racks and frames( an alternative is to mount the frame to the posts using bolts).
4. Shelves can be cut out from perforated steel or from plywood or chipboard, about 2.5 cm thick.
5. Cover the wooden parts( if any) with a fire retardant.
6. Assemble the entire structure using self-tapping screws and cover with a fireproof compound.

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Suspended shelves for

tools With a wide variety of suspension shelves for tools, you can conventionally divide them into wall and ceiling. The shelves of the first variant can be closed and open, have a back wall or be attached directly to the building wall. Most often for fixing a corner is used, a wooden base and suspended on an anchor. And by the type of attachment wall shelves can be stationary or dismountable.

Ceiling shelves are located under the ceiling and are mounted directly to it. They can be suspended from hooks, welded into beams on the ceiling or special studs. If necessary - can be quickly removed.

Important! For all its practicality and mobility, such shelves are too shaky and do not assume the placement of fragile things or heavy tools on them.

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Garage shelf in the form of a shield for tools

Garage shelf for tools with their own hands in the form of a shield - quite a popular option for arranging useful space. The main part of the rack is a shield, fixed to the wall with the help of anchors. Holders, hooks for tools are fastened to it.

To produce such a rack, you need the following:

• Shield( wooden or metal).
• Screws.
• Iron hooks.
• Nuts.
• Bolts.
• Electric jigsaw.
• Drill.
• Set of keys of different diameters.

Important! Sometimes such boards are equipped with lamps for more comfortable use.

The made rack in garage with own hands will decorate your garage, becoming not only convenient and practical product for storage of things and tools, but also a stylish addition of an interior. If you approach the issue of manufacturing it rationally, you will not only be able to save money, but also put things in order by placing all things in their place.