How To Build Wall Mounted Garage Shelf

Cut parts to length using a crosscut guide.

How to build wall mounted garage shelf.

Start your tape measure on one of the wall studs and extend it to the length you want your shelf to be so it ends on another wall stud. Paint the 1x4s to match the melamine. Choose a spot in your garage where you want to place your shelf. To make the fixed shelves just cut melamine and 1x4s to identical lengths and screw them together.

Cabinets less than 4 ft. Measure the distance between wall studs where you want to place your shelf. Tall need only top and bottom fixed shelves. Simply cut and prepare the wood install the ledger install the shear plates and put up the shelves.

To make this diy project you will need deck screws a handsaw some plywood a power drill angle brackets and oriented strand board. Taller cabinets also need a middle fixed shelf figure a. Built from 2x4s the frame and shelf supports come together easily with self tapping screws and wood glue. Begin building the base of the cabinets on the ground by laying out two 8 foot 2x4 boards on the floor parallel to the wall.

Make sure the shelf is pushed all the way back to the wall and then pre drill four holes through the shelf and. Storage solutions mounted on the wall are a great way to clear up floor space. Step 2 tack the second 2x4 on top of the first in two places using 3 screws avoid the ends and the middle where the legs will get attached in next step. Attach 2x4s to the wall where the shelves will be placed with 3 screws into studs in the wall two screws per stud in the wall.