How Do You Install Shelves In A Garage?
Shelves increase storage space and remove clutter from a room. Available in kits that can be easily installed by any do-it-yourselfer, shelves are attached to standards and brackets to help keep things in a room organized and handy. Standards are attached to the wall vertically with screws that are installed into studs. Brackets are then placed in the standards to support shelves. Standards and brackets come in a variety of sizes, and you can choose between lightweight or heavyweight ones, depending on what you want to store. For the shelves, hardwood planks are used in place of pine or other softwoods that sag with time. You can purchase ready-made shelves or cut them to size with a saw. Decide which wall in your garage you want to install the shelves on. Use a stud finder to locate studs in the wall. Mark the locations lightly with a pencil, then determine and mark where the top and bottom of each standard will be, keeping the desired distance of the shelves between the floor and cei