Over Garage Door Storage Diy

The wooden garage shelves are designed to fit into that unused space above the garage doors you need 16 in.

Over garage door storage diy.

Of clearance to fit a shelf and standard 12 1 2 in. This project was fairly straightforward work with only a couple minor adjustments for my particular garage beams. 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.

Over garage door hidden shelving. To start i found the appropriate distance from the front wall in the garage to the ceiling joist i wanted to secure to. And adding this much storage will postpone the need for a typical outdoor storage shed. Diy storage solutions a lot of these overhead garage storage systems are fairly simple from a structural point of view which means if you wanted to you could build something yourself.

The only limitation is weight. A storage rack made of wood might do. There is a lot of empty space above the garage door so why not take advantage of it and add suspended garage storage. Simpson strong tie connectors make these diy storage shelves easy to build and install.