Before we installed the peg board, we had to shift all the shelving units to the right & next to the wall in order to fit the 3 pegboard panels on the left side of the wall (where that white wire shelf unit is located in the photo). That meant all the wood, drywall, & extra building materials that were stuffed in that gap had to come out:
Since then, all those extra building materials have been leaning on the wall & scattered throughout the garage - taking up space & looking very cluttered.
First, my dad helped me sort through everything to determine what was 'trash' versus 'keep' & then we discussed a storage solution. I knew I wanted to take advantage of our ceiling for storage - particularly in the space between the ceiling & the garage door track (we do not use a garage door opener @ this point so that's a non-issue).
First, my dad helped me sort through everything to determine what was 'trash' versus 'keep' & then we discussed a storage solution. I knew I wanted to take advantage of our ceiling for storage - particularly in the space between the ceiling & the garage door track (we do not use a garage door opener @ this point so that's a non-issue).
Apologies in advance for the poor lighting & photo documenting of the building process - I should have moved the giant piece of 2" x 8" & drywall off of the garage door rails so you could see better. Anyways, this is the area I'm talking about:
The first thing my dad did was find the studs in the ceiling:
After taking some measurements, he designed a simple storage solution - all made out of 2 x 4's. We made a list of what we needed, ran to Home Depot for supplies, & started building.
He cut 2 long pieces and then:
(1) attached a middle brace piece on each board
(2) pre-drilled some holes in the long boards (to attach them to the ceiling):
Then he screwed them into the studs:
(don't mind that piece of wood on the left end of the board he's attaching - he used it for measurement purposes):
Next, he attached 2 more of the long boards to the bottom of the middle pieces:
Finally, he screwed in shorter pieces to all four ends:
That was it! Then we just slid all the materials into the our new storage solution:
On the left side, we stored some plywood, wire shelves, & a longer 2" x 4".
We placed all the smaller scrap sheets of drywall & trim on the right side:
Here it is with the garage door open:
A couple of important notes:
1. we chose to keep the left side of the opening wide enough to accommodate a 4' x 8' stock sheet of plywood, etc.
2. make sure your garage door will still open - on our first test run, the garage door wouldn't open because the door handle was jutting out
3. keep in mind that you most likely will not be able to install a garage door opener with this specific ceiling storage configuration
It was a small project, but makes all the difference by clearing up a lot of wall & floor space for us!
In our next garage project, we'll be installing a wall track system (like this or this) to get the rest of those miscellaneous items up & off of the floor and out of the way...
Mel
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