Garage Shelves

[Irving]

Okay, found this video to explain testing the 220. Probably the best video I could find and I watched hundreds.

[gnihcraes]

Do you need to relocate the outlet? I'd just leave it alone and make the hole bigger in the shelf for devices to plug into it, possibly even blocking around the outlet on shelf so nothing on the shelf is close to it.

[rbeau30]

Thanks. Jump right in!

Here is some shelves I made. nothing fancy... the other side of the storage area is awaiting my Executive safe because I don't own firearms anymore. then, I'm going to build shelves around it and in the area where the water is now. There is stuff in the way now... I'll get it outta there when I can build the other shelves.

[Irving]

Do you need to relocate the outlet? I'd just leave it alone and make the hole bigger in the shelf for devices to plug into it, possibly even blocking around the outlet on shelf so nothing on the shelf is close to it.

I cut a notch, but the 2x4 that holds the shelf perfectly covers the outlet. I just took the box off, flipped the switch upside down, and reattached it to the wall. Of course I busted up the wall a bit, and the one hole doesn't hold it well, but with the case facing down, the notch in the shelf will hold it against the wall.

I'm having major issues with this shelf as far as getting it level, stability, getting it to but up against the wall, getting it secured to the wall without the masonry bolts pulling out, etc. Basically everything. I think I have to walk away from this and come back. I suspect that with no "base" on this unit, everything is moving around a lot more and making everything more difficult in general. To be continued I guess.

[Lex_Luthor]

I would have destroyed it with my shins already by now if it was me trying out this project! Good work Stu.

[Irving]

Rbeau, love the shelves. I wish I had indoor space to build shelves and put food away on them. What are the dimensions?

[Irving]

I would have destroyed it with my shins already by now if it was me trying out this project! Good work Stu.

Right now I don't want to see another brick again for six weeks.

[rbeau30]

Rbeau, love the shelves. I wish I had indoor space to build shelves and put food away on them. What are the dimensions?

7' 3" high
8' long
2' deep
shelves have 10" of vertical space because I wanted to put 2 cases tall of regular cans.

the first shelf is 43" off the ground to accommodate some 5 gallon buckets on a skid. It has 4 upright 2x4's on the sides, the back of the shelves are screwed into the studs, and I built them out from there.

I'm going to do something similar on the right side and the back building one over the water and over a safe on the right.

[Irving]

That's a lot of shelf space.

[rbeau30]

My other storage room is bigger. :-D I got the metal shelves in there though. I also had the luxury of a 1500 sq ft unfinished basement to design and finish when I moved in.

Is the slab in your garage that slanted? I probably would have built the shelves with the uprights tailored to the grade of the floor.

I also decided on 8' x 2' so all I had to do was cut the sheets of plywood in half. I spent a little extra and got the stuff that looked like it was coated with a thin layer of varnish in one side so stuff would be easier to slide.