OVERHEAD STORAGE RACK DIY - FLEXIMOUNT RACK INSTALL AND REVIEW

I installed these FLEXIMOUNT storage racks, they are diy and they provide a ton of storage!
I am so excited to show you how I installed these 3x8ft racks on my ceiling solo! Fleximount sent out a ceiling rack for me to try and review, and I have to say I am really liking them. In this video I will show you some of the HACKS I came up with in order to get then installed with out an assistant and what tools I used etc.
As always please let me know if you have questions.
Materials used
Fleximount Rack 3x8 like this - dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
These racks are adjustable in height so you can choose whats best for your space.
Scrap piece of wood 3 ft long (4ft if you have the 4x8 version).
Tools
Not all of these are needed but I had them on hand already so they are what I used. If you have similar tools that will work great!
Ladder Little Giant - dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
AWP tool belt - dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
Drills - dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
Measuring Tape-dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
4ft level -dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
WorkPro Pink Tool bag (has so many hex bits and great tools) - dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
Pony clamps -dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
SAFTEY
These glasses are needed for sure because as you drill dust falls and can get in your eye.
Madgid glasses - dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
RZ mask - dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
ISOtunes ear protection - dlnkr.com/r?r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3c...
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[@Weddi_Ammadder]

WOW! Thank you very, very much. You save me a lot. The cheapest I found for someone else to do it for me was $200. I did it myself following your instruction and I saved a lot. Lovely! Thank you very much. God bless!

[@JohnBrooke-om6sb]

Thanks for creating this video! Informative and enjoyable to watch. And most importantly, it answered the questions I had about how I was going to install these racks by myself.

[@grownupgaming]

truly a big help to know how its done w/ just one person and making it seem not TOO hard to do. Great encouragement, you are a motivator!

[@ssaraswatipura]

Very well explained! I am doing it this weekend my fleximounts 2x8 installation.

[@snarrlyillustration]

I’m just about to undertake the process of putting two of these up on my garage. This video helps a ton! Good to get a demonstration from a familiar face! Thank you!!!! Wish me luck

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Glad I could help!

[@gi169]

Awesome job, I'm doing this today, hence, looking for videos like this. Thank you for the detailed info 👍👍👍

[@DeejayCJ33]

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together. I've been agonizing about having to put this up without an "assistant" and your trick with the clamps and scrap wood was GENIUS. Excellent job!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thank you! It’s tricky but we can make it happen! Thanks for being here and watching, good luck on your assembly ❤️

[@esprado690]

Should have used bungee cords. But whatever works

[@chapelhill9161]

Excellent video and instruction.. hubby and I are following along! Big help!☺

[@DrMJBull]

So smart...very satisfying that u figured it out..nice job 😊👍

[@created2love]

I am a new subscriber and so happy I found you. You are so awesome. I had my husband watching you also as he works part time in son's cabinet shop building commercial cabinetry. The young ladies in high school today all should be required to take shop class instead of typing like my days in school back many years ago. Today so many women are single and cannot afford to have professionals to come in for simple projects. I am so impressed with your videos husband was also. God Bless

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thank you so much for subscribing and watching! I totally agree! Everyone should have some basic knowledge of diy and tools when they leave for college! At least we have KZbin these days which is actually how I learned a lot haha

[@embazle]

This was done really well, thanks for taking the time, albeit my garage ceiling is not as high so kudos for you getting all the way up there!

[@SARGE3439]

As a novice myself, I love a good DIY success story. You earned my respect. 👍🏻

[@frankwagner8992]

excellent idea with the wood. Getting ready to install 2 of these very helpful thanks

[@martinebangs6520]

Brandi...you're amazing...I can't believe you got that done all by yourself....

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thank you!!

[@a.h_studio]

I saw this video while trying to install an angle on the ceiling. Thanks for the kind explanation.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thanks for watching

[@nicholasjasmin8952]

Great video!! Love your commentary!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thanks!

[@boombayah4549]

Just bought two racks from Costco. You've inspired me to attempt a one-person install.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

💪🏼💪🏼 you got this haha be safe

[@goinpostal]

1. Once you get some weight on it, it won’t be wiggly. No wall connection necessary. 2. Little Giant ladders are the bomb 3. DeWalt tools are the bomb 4. If you had done the full eight foot length, could you have had one end on the ground taking the weight and put the bolts in the other end enough to hold? 5. Thanks! I am about to install this bad boy and this was very helpful!

[@retroman_27]

Very Nice!! Thanks for sharing your process!!

[@dosofa]

Oh!!! That’s brilliant 😯😮😮😮😮 Great idea 😍

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thank you! Helped a ton!

[@billfriedley8229]

I installed mine partly hungover, after helicoptering a few tools across the garage floor during the joist mount process, (and nearly filing for divorce) I finally completed this project. Nice work.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

haha wow

[@MrDoctorDell]

Thanks for doing this, super helpful

[@supersabrosinho]

Great job. Thanks for uploading!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Sure thing, thanks for watching

[@deckgun31]

Very nicely done. Great energy too! It’s nice to see women doing jobs like this. It reinforces the thinking that you can do whatever you put your mind to … man or woman. Tip for holding the racks: try using bungee cords. You can adjust them to hold the racks as needed. Just a thought. Great video. Thanks.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thank you so much! I agree frame of mind has a lot to do with goals! And thank you! Bungee cords are a great idea!

[@MannehN]

Very well done! Just incredible seeing you pushing through and getting it done by yourself. Just awesome! I'm planning on installing a similar one in the garage but I'm really looking for something that I can install in my spare room and a bathroom as well because I need more storage space. Hopefully it won't have the room not looking nice with a storage rack hanging from the ceiling. Hopefully I will be able to find something that will work best and look good enough to be installed in a room.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

You can do it! Thanks for watching

[@vanilla6519]

Great video! Helped me to install mine last weekend. In my opinion, the hardest things to do were locating the joists (I have a finished/textured ceiling) and mounting the racks without killing yourself. Like you, I installed each 4 x 4 separately. I ended up using bungee cords. I tied one end of the bungee cord to each vertical bracket and secured the other end to the rack. This made it easier to move the ladder around securing the screws in all the corners. Putting the second rack in was a little easier than the first.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Nice job! Thanks for the info! I’m so glad it was helpful!

[@calpauly310]

This gave me an idea for how to accomplish the same w unistrut. And for a hidden built-in look, will wrap it with 1/4” drywall and use sliding doors. Now, to the drawing board!

[@captbarracuda5731]

Pure genius!!!

[@bjak6]

Great improvisational skills!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@deldeek]

I need your skills in my life 😃 great project

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

hahaha thanks! I am sharing so you can have them 😀😉 thanks for watching

[@edwardbraun6705]

That was Amazing!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Awe thanks!! haha Im stubborn

[@deansynan7424]

WELL DONE!!!

[@ourbills9999]

Thanks for this. I used bungee cords to hold the rack up and it worked really well. The wood jig was brilliant for getting the brackets spaced properly.

[@DilipBanerjee]

What a great step by step guide. It's going to help me a ton when I install my own overhead rack. I really admire how you persevered in putting it up solo. 👏

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching! Sometimes I just need to prove I can do it myself haha.

[@rchapoteau]

Awesome idea!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thanks for watching!

[@shanaproctor100]

Brilliant!!

[@adamepb]

Great build; as far as your comment about mounting it closer to the wall so you can secure it and make it feel less flimsy, might I suggest you just cut some wood spacers to close the gap and use some drywall anchors to secure to the vertical brackets to the wall (unlikely they are aligned with studs behind them) Good job! Working on your own makes you think outside the box and you did just that.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Great idea! Love that! Thanks for watching

[@dzel6795]

Thanks for the video.

[@markmedina7636]

Totally helped me - Thanks!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Glad it helped!

[@bugaboy18]

Hello. Amazing job btw. I am in the process of building mines. Having a little trouble screwing the lag bolts in the stud maybe I got to use more muscle. Plus, trying to find the joist with a stud finder sometime it's a little off

[@israelestonina5949]

Just found your vid. Thank you for creating and sharing it!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

You are so welcome!

[@tmac2151]

Great job

[@yahyaaziz163]

Great job.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@dannyjoon1]

Good Job!

[@guardsmandave]

Great video! I am installing a 48"x96" today but the instructions it came with are junk! Thanks for helping me visualize this project.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Glad it helped! The instructions I got were garbage too! Ha! hopefully you got it all installed.

[@fernandorodriguez4382]

Nice job

[@Amalekkkkk]

Key word was “little giant ladder “ 👏

[@teddia5654]

From another installer, BUNGY CORDS !!! BUT YOU DID IT another way YEAH!!!:) I want to put up buy-myself, as well , no help. Great Job !!! :)

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

great idea!

[@ShariefAbdelMegeed]

You're a genius!

[@auronedgevicks7739]

funny because I saw the part about putting the full 8 foot bottom up and I was like no way. gotta watch a video of this lol

[@Stan_sprinkle]

10:04. My go to McGyver approach would be to get out the parachord, loop it through the holes in the brackets on the ceiling, and then somehow tie it to the shelf to pulley it up there into place

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

That’s a great idea!

[@SchubertTech]

That was exactly what I was thinking until I found this video with the idea to use 2X4 with clamps. I will probably stick with the paracord, but if it gets squirrely I' guess I'll go grab the clamps/wood.

[@adrianfelix1592]

Good Job!!!!!!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thank you so much!

[@BPawn6]

You are a BOSS! The clamps, and the scrap wood - brilliant and sexy!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thanks Victor, I was pretty determined

[@tonyfontana8451]

If you don't have a helper for hanging the bottom rack, you can use a bungee cord to help hold the other side of the rack.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Great idea!

[@sidcartwright9430]

You ROCK, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thank you Sid, its nice to have some organization

[@SnowBlade202]

Great video! Any tips on hoisting large heavy storage bins onto the rack? Or car wheels? Couldn’t quite find how people end up putting large objects so high with a ladder.

[@khaledelarbawy862]

Wonderful and beautiful friend of the artist 👍👍🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬

[@user-gv9wj9ic9e]

Thanks!!

[@asmodeus6631]

Great job 👏

[@truebengalsfan]

Does your rack move left and right even after tightening the upper vertical post to the ceiling brackets ?

[@paulwells1817]

Very Good. I am ready now to put the two up I just Bought. By the way...what brand ladder and cost if you don't mind. Tanks again, stay safe and well.

[@donaldstepp4850]

Well I learned something

[@MichaelGlennglennimages]

Hook pulleys in the holes and then use mechanical advantage and some rope to raise one end of the 8 foot piece while securing other end.

[@Eternalgunner]

Go girl

[@BritSimon]

Bungee cords!!!!

[@goyacc]

will those big screws weaken the beam cross over garage? anyone know?

[@taze27]

Thanks for the review. Is there a center support beam to make it even more secure?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

There’s nobody in the middle but the two sides to screw together which kind of creates a thicker bar down the middle seems to work fine and it is supported by the vertical pieces on either side of the middle

[@MichaelGlennglennimages]

But the clamps were a great idea. Well done.

[@LarryRichelli]

I am in the middle of doing this and I am using bungee cords to hold each section while I put bolts in.

[@reedallidap7173]

For the brackets the mount to ceiling did you need a small space between side of bracket and wall so you could screw in legs that hang down?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

It’s pretty flexoble so you can push it a bit had get your hand there

[@reedallidap7173]

Thank you!

[@Milkdud2000]

Great Job!! Can we get a picture of the finished "L" shape with the other rack .... when you're done ...Please & Thank you!!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

I actually changed my mind and just went with the one rack haha. So no final pic unfortunately

[@sc2155]

You mentioned you were going to add an anchor to the vertical posts on the next rack. How much more secure did that make it?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Much more secure and I only added one

[@kevinvitale8980]

Can the shelves be flipped so there would be the lip facing up to help prevent anything on the rack sliding off? I plan to put these racks over the space of the garage door, where I’m sure there is some vibration.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

No I don’t think they can.

[@ishtiaqmohammed921]

Hello, I am planning to install mine this weekend. Can you tell a proper tool find the studs? Seems like the stud finder I got is not doing a great. 😢

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Just saw this, hope you got it figured out. I included all the tools I used in the description below the video. Thanks for watching !

[@brandonkeenan2369]

I would’ve tried wire ties to hold temporarily. Wire ties are my Swiss Army knife.

[@Jimbo10250]

Do you think you could add some strips of wood between the wall and the brackets and screw some screws into the wall for added strength?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

yep for sure, I think I will do that for the second one, but I do talk a bit about it at the end of the video. Thanks for watching

[@Jimbo10250]

@@EternalHarvestDecor thank you for the great video.

[@claudiawood4191]

Can I plz ask what did u do with the bikes (4 of them for us) to do the renovation of the garage plz plz plz

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

I liked this for our bikes amzn.to/3XAMe8f

[@user-on9iy4bm2h]

❤❤

[@oufathemohamed5371]

You are crazy 😂😂

[@iwant007]

You have a great garage space, you should paint the roof to make the space look nicer

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Maybe one day!

[@sofiasim5112]

Is there a standard in how far apart garage ceiling beams/studs are? If so, are overhead storage racks' lengths designed to be installed on those beams?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

There is not a standard for studs but the bracket has several holes in it so you can find two holes that line up with your studs.

[@Bach4t]

Garage ceiling joists are 16 inches apart or on center. So the 48 inches is 3 joists.

[@SchubertTech]

Garage joists will be either 16" or 24" in center. If there's drywall, you'll just have to go up and see. Or, use stud finder and measure the difference. Or use a magnet which will stick to the drywall screw. Mark the screw location, and then find the next stud. Meaure... there's more than one way. I just looked at the eves coming out from the house outside. It was obvious the joists were coming out at 24" intervals to attach to the fascia board. I still went up in the attic over the garage to verify.

[@jimmyguzman8086]

How did you keep your ceiling mount perfectly lined up?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

I used a level to guide each bracket straight and marked it.

[@simonofmonroe7793]

Did you have issues fixing the bolts when the brackets were so close to the wall?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

It was a little tight, but it has some play to it so it works out ok 👌🏼

[@TheSchmidty21]

I am not able to screw the ceiling brackets. The screw will not go in to the studs. She put them up with like it was nothing. I had to quit

[@stacey4171]

Bungee cords! They hold the rack while installing!

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Great idea, I didn’t have those. If you do that could work!

[@kevinb6102]

How did you make sure your brackets were in a straight line? Great vid

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

so I used the level to mark one side then I used that same board cut to the exact width of the rack and put in on each of the existing brackets to determine where the opposite bracket would be placed. hopefully that makes sense

[@kevinb6102]

@@EternalHarvestDecor dang, I don’t really understand

[@nectros8452]

Saw another KZbinr use bungee cords to hold them up until they can be fastened

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Good idea!

[@kevinstrachan3724]

I recommend that you confirm the ceiling joists are solid wood and not i-joists. With i-joists, there is nothing to install the lag screw into.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

This is a great point!

[@XtremeGuy-FL]

How long was the install?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Oh maybe 4/5 hours

[@mirandacrane5130]

How long did it take to assemble?

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

A few hours

[@esprado690]

Bungee cords if you don’t have someone to help

[@lowbird7947]

Why not paint the ceiling first?

[@sparks5063]

Anybody else pause the video to see if the dogs were barking outside your house? No…just me? Ok lol

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Hahaha the pains of shooting in my garage dogs, trucks and planes always mess up my audio

[@GoatZilla]

#soclever

[@mycapstone]

Studs are in walls. Joists or trusses are in the ceiling.

[@Pearl3Drummer]

Next time use strings to hold one end while securing the other end.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

Thanks great idea. Clamps worked really well too

[@jcantu23]

Could’ve used zip ties as a second set of hands

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

That’s a good idea too!

[@user-lt9ec8je4z]

This girl is really very pretty

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

awe thanks

[@s4alexis]

Little S hooks on the hanging bars. Lift one side and connect two s hooks, then lift the other side and screw in. Good job.

[@EternalHarvestDecor]

That’s that’s a great idea too!

[@frankarena7949]

Its SEXY to see woman take on a project of this magnitude and be so happy once the job is done. Well done, well done.