Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Garage Storage Shelves May Come in Two Types

By Nelson Wandi


A garage is the ideal location for storing articles such as sporting gear and various implements and other machines. Then there is its intended function, that of parking the car as well as other activities around the parking of the automobile. Alongside the activities of parking your car, we find other activities for the garage. There are things such as using some of it for a home-office, or a gym, a workshop, or any other need. Garage storing is for those items that don't belong in the house.

Lets look at shelving for a minute. Normally garage storage shelves may come in two types: site-built and constructed. Site-built shelves are often limited and permit you to arrange the sizes for your available space. You can find all that you require at the local home center, lumber center; price cut store, or hardware center.

One of the fundamentals of the garage storing shelves are built from " plywood or a length of 1X or 2X wood on a heavy-duty brace. This is mounted by fastening the braces to the struts in a straight line, utilizing lengthy screws, and fastening the shelf to the set. To fortify the storing shelves you can add a strut at every rivet.

One more type of shelf is the floor-supported one. One way to construct this type is to run vertical 2X4s about 50 in intervals, resting them on the floor, fastening each to the beams or ceiling truss at the top. Besides, the 2X4s are going straight to the edge linking the framework then particleboard is utilized to make the shelves. The most frequently used measurements for spacing between 2X4s is as a rule on 25 inches. However, these sizes can be changed to provide strength for somewhere between the size of the items that you are storing.

For saving little items you aught to think about that space between the studs. By connecting a series of 1X2 strips straight to the inside edges of two neighboring studs. Pin them about six inches away from each other, cut out some 1X4 and 1X6 portions of lumber and lay them between the studs, sliding them over the 1X2s where you will make a smaller flexible shelf. These will be terrific for glass containers, tins, and various size decanters as well as for other small and lightweight items. The smaller units are good for organizing and keeping fasteners and tacks.

Although you may eventually want to consider steel when constructing garage shelving, one type to investigate may be plastic. But, even though may be strong enough for laying up lightweight items, you might require something with greater strength for storing heavier items. A drawback of steel is that they cannot be made to fit to size. There are standard widths, depths, and heights. You will have to decide on a size that fits within your available space.

Another important consideration in prefabrication is customization. Prefabricated shelving should be adjustable to at least two locations or spaces inside the shelf framing, and as well, the pegs for adjusting the shelf aught to be heavy duty enough so they will be held in place. They should never be worked loose or accidentally dislodge.

One more item to be thought of when opting for prefabricated shelves, particularly those intended for weighty loads, is that they can necessitate a wall tie or other prop up alongside to prevent tipping.




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