How to Install an Overhead Garage Storage Rack Safely
A step by step overhead rack install that starts where the manuals do not: finding out whether your ceiling is joists or trusses before…
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Overhead Garage Rack Clearance: Will the Door Hit It?
Four clearances decide whether an overhead rack fits: the open door, the opener rail, the vehicle roof, and the bins below the deck. How…
What Size Overhead Garage Rack Should You Buy
What size overhead garage rack should you buy? There is no default: it depends on framing spacing, door clearance and what you store.
Garage Ceiling Storage Ideas, Sorted by What They Load
Garage ceiling storage ideas sorted by what each one loads: racks spread it, hooks concentrate it, and a loft is a structural project, not…
Wall Mounted vs Freestanding Garage Shelving: Check the Wall
Freestanding shelving carries more per shelf and works in any garage. Wall mounted shelving frees the floor, but its real capacity depends on your…
How to Find Studs in a Garage Wall, and Trust It
How to find studs in a garage wall: an electronic finder, a magnet, and the 16 or 24 inch guess, three methods a garage…
Garage Shelving Depth: Why Deeper Is Usually Wrong
Garage shelving depth is not a single number. Measure what you store, what the car door needs, and what you can actually reach before…
How to Install Slatwall in a Garage: The Load Path
Installing slatwall in a garage is a fastening job. What the panel screws into decides what it holds, and garage walls are not all…
Joist or Truss? How to Tell What Is Above Your Garage
Joists and trusses look alike from below and behave nothing alike. How to tell which is above your garage ceiling, and what each one…
Garage Storage Systems: How to Decide What Yours Can Take
Overhead, wall or floor: which garage storage systems you can use is decided by your ceiling, your walls and your parking. Three checks, ten…