How to make strong, attractive, space saving, not bulky garage shelves that don't suck - DIY!

This is the second video on my playlist Scott's Garage Makeover. Perhaps you are like me and have a smaller garage yet a lot of stuff to store. I am a DIYer on my off time and I tackle a variety of projects in the garage. It's time for me to get better organized. I am very pleased with these 8' by 14" shelves that sit between the garage door rail and the wall.

[@RolfHeckemann]

To move a nut over a long rod quickly when there's no resistance, you can shape a small propeller from cardboard, center it on the nut, and drive it with air from a compressor.

[@CurlyWoof]

Nicely done. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@Christopher_Hampton]

Stud pack did this

[@theslavingroup58]

Great job Sir. I did that in my first shop with that concept. It is still being used today after 30 years!

[@thecoffeeguy5276]

Looks great! Love it.

[@nygelali3716]

I'll be building these in the near future. They look great and that's a perfect place for shelves.

[@garrettgiuffre5653]

I've watched too many garage doovers. This is the one that I need for my garage. Not enough space or Money to work with and you nailed it

[@ericm6594]

Watch stud pack

[@yuegan1939]

Like the idea! Garage shelves deserve to look nice too

[@gerarddelmonte4205]

Very clean design, upgrades the garage interior.

[@billybike57]

Great idea 👍🏼

[@michelrail]

What a smart idea to put that MDF on the side of the top shelf! 👍👍

[@paulmichal]

Great use of space!

[@Rustlerbear]

Thank you for sharing.

[@oldb-1kenobi]

Love it, build on man!

[@rogermccaslin5963]

I made shelves similar to this where the back was attached to the wall and the front was suspended but I used 1/2" conduit instead of threaded rod. I just drilled evenly spaced holes through the conduit and put a pin through it to hold the shelves. I made the pins out of some round rod I had laying around (I think it was 3/16"). I was going to route a space on the bottom of the shelves for the pins to "lock" into but I figured the weight of the stuff on the shelves would keep the pins from slipping out. I think I had that shop for about four years before I moved and never had a problem with the pins coming out. I used a pin at the top to suspend the conduit from 2x4's laid across the roof rafters (like the 2x12"s in the video). One of the rods was a little off, maybe an 1/8", so the shelves hit three pins and one pin was a little low. The weight of the junk I put on the shelf took care of the gap but if you are anal about things like that, I suppose you could weld a bolt to the top of the conduit to make the suspended height adjustable.

[@jaquio69]

I like it!

[@randallthomas5207]

If you added a two part cone nut and receiver you could add or remove shelves with out having to unscrew everything. We made some for a shop at work which use 5/16 chain.

[@mikea2h606]

Nice idea

[@craigzilla100]

Very clean. Nice job. I'm wanting to built a loft bed using this threaded rod to hold the outside corner. This helps me a ton.

[@ScottsGarage17]

Thank you! You may want to check out my improvements to the shelves video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iovVfoaJqcZ_fdE

[@ImNotMC]

That looks good, love the hanging shelves! I would have counter sunk the nuts maybe add some LED lights below each shelf, that would look cool I think.

[@Happy4Go2Lucky]

Really like the shelf spacing the threaded rod affords your project. One of my garage door springs broke. the door went crooked and bent the track to the wall. But I’ve been eyeing that space from the track to the ceiling 2 feet to Store some thing. Near the door I like to store my ladder. It’s an extension ladder that fits underneath the track and the track keeps the ladder from falling on my car. 4 feet from the corner I put in a window for light. It’s 28 inches wide by 10 1/2 deep. It doesn’t melt in the stud cavity it melts on top the siding. The siding was cut out to let the light in. The glass comes out in the summer to let the heat out. I wish I could find the similar window that was two rows of Lap siding 16 inches. After seeing your project there goes my sunlight if I put it on the shelves. I like metal shelves at least 7 feet high for a 9 foot ceiling. Quarter inch plywood on the top shelf will support a roll of insulation. I like the lighter stuff to go on the top shelves. Don’t want anything falling on my head. I’m not into wearing hardhats in my house. It’s bad enough all the things you walk into, so I prefer to wear a cowboy hat to protect my head - like when you climb a ladder and forgot to look up.

[@PFab]

Scott, thank you. I'm gonna copy this for my garage as well. I have a few videos using all-thread to hang shelves in my garage on my channel as well. Doing a complete overhaul on my garage and need plenty of storage.

[@ScottsGarage17]

Great! You may want to see my update on these shelves. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iovVfoaJqcZ_fdE

[@joshportelli]

Love the vertical wall to avoid door issues/damage.

[@eduardonieto4693]

It is interesting my friend.

[@joshportelli]

4 threaded rods would be cool, so you don't have to puncture structural members (studs). Love the 2x12 in the rafters, I did the same and some big thick washers.

[@tpob21]

Great video! However, I have some 2x4 shelves where the wood is laying vertically & horizontally & found that the horizontal boards do sag over time & the vertical ones are still straight. Both are 8’ spans. The 2x4’s are not treated. I love the threaded rod idea & will be doing that this summer all the way around. Much cleaner look.👍🏻👍🏻

[@ScottsGarage17]

So far so good for me. No sagging and it’s been about 2 years.

[@christopherortiz8713]

Great video. Been wanting to use up the space seem to be wasted space not being used.

[@scthoughts29]

Awsome

[@mikq8606]

Awesome idea on maximizing your space! How are they holding up?

[@05jimgar05]

Awesome

[@ScottsGarage17]

You may want to see how I improved these shelves. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iovVfoaJqcZ_fdE

[@jasonkhammo9275]

As a garage door guy. It sucks when people build shelves right against the drums. Hard to do a spring change. They loom great though.

[@OU81TWO]

Just remove the shelf if the springs need changing. Don't lose sleep over it buddy.

[@Kyle-ev4fk]

I would have to make the cubby out of plexiglass glass or expanded metal, otherwise I would definitely loose things in there.

[@AlexeiTetenov]

9:09 Have you considered cutting the blocking that you put in to prevent anything from falling down onto the garage door itself, into 3 smaller pieces, so that you can store items "around the corner", on the top shelf? The top shelf seems to be very underutilized.

[@ScottsGarage17]

That’s a good idea!

[@LoganJung]

Do you think this would work with 1/4" threaded rod? I'm reading that the weight load is 240. After taking on three shelves, my guess is not?

[@waynemiller6070]

There’s nothing wrong with what you did here. Nice build. I simply got shelf brackets and screwed them to the studs. Took 10 minutes. Lol

[@jadd6810]

Same here, but I needed a shelf below it also but because half our garage wall is concrete, I used threaded rod to hang the bottom shelf from the top one.

[@nomsolo9935]

Is there a way to do this with a second floor above garage?

[@matthewsanchez3748]

Can you post a materials list please?

[@mlbjr]

on tip, hope you dont have to service your garage door. Being tucked into the corner like that may require it to be removed if you ever have to have your track or spring serviced.

[@ScottsGarage17]

Thanks for your tip. I address it in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iovVfoaJqcZ_fdE

[@mlbjr]

@@ScottsGarage17 right on!

[@joevez77]

Should you have jammed two nut together under the shelves so they don’t come loose and slip down? Looks good.

[@martinderome1142]

Why not using plywood instead of the MDF?

[@stephenjones3160]

Would you please share materials list and/or schematics?

[@Patrick94GSR]

Unfortunately the shelves on both ends of the door Jack shaft will make it near impossible to replace the spring next time it breaks.

[@ScottsGarage17]

I appreciate your concern. The side panel on the upper shelf is easily removed. The upper shelf is below the jack shaft. The shelves on the other side end end before the jack shaft. I’ve replace springs before. With due respect I don’t think it’s a problem. If and when the spring breaks I will let people know.

[@frankcampos1251]

Looks very nice; clean looking. Unfortunately, the joists above my garage are not accessible (2nd floor bedroom is located above garage). Any suggestions for supporting shelving from ceiling?

[@AlexeiTetenov]

Put a thick piece of metal on top of a 2x6, drill a hole through the metal to accept the threaded rod, screw the threaded rod in, then attach the 2x6 with screws to the nearby rafters.

[@rta3738]

Locate the joists and you can use threaded rod hangers. They are hanger bolts with a nut on one end and threads on the other. Make sure you get the ones for wood.

[@joshcosta423]

How do you not have more subscribers?

[@Marcus_Caius]

Perhaps video quality. I feel like I'm watching a 1970 tv show.

[@joseluisg.gonzalez6307]

i wanna organize my garage but i have no budget

[@srhintz]

Pick up some pallets for free. Find a cabinet maker and pick through their scrap. Find stores that are closing and see what is in the demolition dumpsters. Then you just need fasteners.

[@arturodiaz4106]

Maybe it’s an optical illusion but that doesn’t seem that that’s 8’ wide

[@ScottsGarage17]

I thought the same thing when I created the thumbnail, but it is 8’ wide.

[@FR-yt5ik]

I’d say the ceiling is about 7’ high. Kind of claustrophobic

[@ericm6594]

Did he just steal this from stud pack lmfao…. To a tee

[@ScottsGarage17]

No, I did not. Recently (a few weeks ago) I did come across his channel and am now subscribed to him. He is at a much higher skill level than me.

[@normanklein3155]

Clearly you've never had anything stolen from your garage. Lucky you... But I have, so unfortunately it's absolutely mandatory that everything be locked up. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that someone could just sweep all my tools off the end of a shelf and into a large bag.

[@jimstand]

Move

[@DyslexicLunatic]

Yeah. They suck. All the hardware drives up the cost.

[@phantomecho7467]

No... because your tech is not up to par

[@phantomecho7467]

Meaning your mics are off