Build Garage Shelves With Doors

The two doors should be placed back side up with a gap in between as they are hanged on the other cabinets.

Build garage shelves with doors.

This designer mounted his above the garage door making it invisible from the outside when the door is open. Shelves longer than 2 ft. If you make yours longer stiffen the melamine by screwing 1x4 cleats to the undersides. I have been wanting garage cabinets for a long time but couldn t afford them.

These shelves can hold a good amount though it s not a good idea to store very heavy items up there. Tuck medium and lightweight stuff onto shelves suspended from the ceiling. Built from 2x4s the frame and shelf supports come together easily with self tapping screws and wood glue. Measure out your wood depending on your garage space and your desired length.

Glue and nail one backer board to the top shelf from the top and side. After threading the boards for the shelves through the frame secure the project to the. Storing lightweight materials would be safer but you may use metal angle or corner brackets to make the rack more supportive. To make this you ll need some plywood deck screws a power drill drywall screws a stud finder and miter saw.

The size is 8 x8 with the 4 x3 under the ceiling rack. The wooden garage shelves are designed to fit into that unused space above the garage doors you need 16 in. I put a 2 x4 in the middle to divide each section measured and cut doors from 5mm lauran plywood. To cover a wider opening install double doors.

Attach a 2 4 against the studs on the wall to your required shelving. Limit door widths to 24 in. We limited most of our doors to 12 in. Get your 2 4s and plywood.

However you can adjust the shelf height and put them anywhere. When i saw these shelves i knew it would be easy to add side panels and create doors for the sections. Begin to screw in your studs into the wall. They are extremely strong and will support anything i put up there in this instructable i ll walk you through a step by step process of how to build shelves with a littl.

Of clearance to fit a shelf and standard 12 1 2 in. Widths so that we could open them even when the car was parked in the garage. Repeat this step again attaching studs and 2 4 to the. Mount one slide to the backer board and take out the piece for the drawer side of the slide and mount it onto the two doors from the back.