Jim Stone wrote:
>I am running out of storage space in my garage....
>I'd like to turn the space above the ceiling trusses into 'dead' storage
>for car parts that I am keeping 'just in case'.
Jim,
My attic is over the house. It has 2"x4" trusses holding the roof and
anchored to the ceiling joists. I went into the attic and made shelves
in the trusses, and shelving over the heating/AC ducting for storage.
(I've emailed Jim pictures of this privately. If anyone would like
to see the pictures, please email me, and I'll send you the pictures.)
My trusses are about 2' apart. So I took a 4'x8' piece of 1/2" plywood
and cut it into 4 pieces 2'x4'. Then took some 2x4s and cut them to 4'
lengths. I held them in place so that the ends of the 2x4s were at the
outter edges of the trusses and screwed the 2x4 rails to the on the inside
of the trusses with 3 drywall screw at each end. I also cut a 2x4 and
screwed it across the back of the trusses so I didn't push stuff off the
back of the shelfs. Then I layed the 2'x4' piece of plywood on the 2 rails.
I did find that over the years the plywood sagged so I added 2 cross stringers
between the 2x4 rails, the stringers were also 2"x4" with the metal hangers.
I don't know about your garage, but mine is finished with drywall on the
ceiling and I have a room over the garage. A neighbor (that doesn't have
a room over the garage) hung shelves from his ceiling joists. I liked that
idea and I did the same thing. Only problem I had was I had to cut a lot
larger section of ceiling drywall out to get a drill in the void so I could
drill a hole in the ceiling joist. I then hung a 2x4 down from there. I
took another 2x4 and screwed it to the wall studs and formed some shelving.
If you're interested in pictures of what I did here, let me know and I'll
take some. I thought I had some, but I can't find them. (Again, if anyone
wants pictures of what I did in my finished garage, email me and I'll send
you some pictures of the hanging shelves.)
Hope this gives you some ideas.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
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