This measurement will be the vertical support length.
Shelves over garage door.
Since our ceiling is 10 foot tall there was plenty of room to install a couple of shelves 2 feet from the ceiling and still leave plenty of clearance for the door to open.
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Assemble the frame and shelf.
And adding this much storage will postpone the need for a typical outdoor storage shed.
Building easy diy overhead garage storage rack.
Adding shelves above the garage door is a great way to utilize some otherwise wasted space.
To start i found the appropriate distance from the front wall in the garage to the ceiling joist i wanted to secure to.
These shelves should hold about 4 totes side by side above your garage door and be completely hidden when the garage door is open.
After installing the first one at 48 deep i realized that was deeper than i wanted so i made the second on.
Over the garage door but y all already knew that from the title of the post.
The shelf is assembled with rigid tie rtr connectors supporting the front of the shelf to the ceiling.
For example you could place them all around the edge along the walls leaving the center open and shelf free.
Built us a couple of 2 foot by 8 foot frames out of 2x4s.
First you ll need to determine the distance between the highest movement of the garage door and the ceiling.
Model sb 38 w pack 24.
Overhead storage rack with 24 in 45 in.
Gladiator 4 ft x 8 ft gearloft 48 in w x 96 in d gray steel overhead garage storage.
This project was fairly straightforward work with only a couple minor adjustments for my particular garage beams.