Shelves Over Garage Door

Assemble the frame and shelf.

Shelves over garage door.

These shelves should hold about 4 totes side by side above your garage door and be completely hidden when the garage door is open. Adding shelves above the garage door is a great way to utilize some otherwise wasted space. Building easy diy overhead garage storage rack. After installing the first one at 48 deep i realized that was deeper than i wanted so i made the second on.

For my garage 35 gave me plenty of space so the garage door would clear the shelving. Gladiator 4 ft x 8 ft gearloft 48 in w x 96 in d gray steel overhead garage storage. Model sb 38 w pack 24. To start i found the appropriate distance from the front wall in the garage to the ceiling joist i wanted to secure to.

This measurement will be the vertical support length. This project was fairly straightforward work with only a couple minor adjustments for my particular garage beams. Built us a couple of 2 foot by 8 foot frames out of 2x4s. For pricing and availability.

And adding this much storage will postpone the need for a typical outdoor storage shed. You can make the shelves in the exact shape and size that you need and you can arrange them however you think is best for your garage. First you ll need to determine the distance between the highest movement of the garage door and the ceiling. 1 16 of over 4 000 results for over garage door shelving hyloft 00540 45 inch by 45 inch overhead storage system ceiling mount garage organization rack white 4 6 out of 5 stars 1 164.

The shelf is assembled with rigid tie rtr connectors supporting the front of the shelf to the ceiling. For example you could place them all around the edge along the walls leaving the center open and shelf free. Since our ceiling is 10 foot tall there was plenty of room to install a couple of shelves 2 feet from the ceiling and still leave plenty of clearance for the door to open.