so I have moved into a new house where the only real place to store my gear is the garage. it's pretty tight in there with the car, so thinking how to store my gear the best.

i originally thought I might fix a few levels of upright hooks (like "L" brackets from the wall) and store my gear on these shelves. but now i think i might put in a series of bolts with eyelets on them at chest height, and stand everything between them, held tight against the wall with occy straps. vertical, i'm thinking, will make the best use of space.

any better ideas?

ps; i was going to post pictures of my garage, but there's prolly no point...it's pretty vanilla; just a square gyp board room with roller doors at each end. i own the house, so i have no issues with drilling, gluing etc. after all, it's all about looking after my babies.

Trousers said...
any better ideas?

Sell the car, buy a van.

I had a similar challenge and got some of those adjustable shelf brackets from bunnings, the ones where you attach a couple of long strips down the wall and then place brackets on them wherever needed:



Get the heavy duty versions, whack some insulation stuff for padding and you can sit boards on them, hang booms etc... etc.... and all above the car bonnet so great use of space.

So you end up with something a bit like this:

confused said...

I had a similar challenge and got some of those adjustable shelf brackets from bunnings, the ones where you attach a couple of long strips down the wall and then place brackets on them wherever needed:



Get the heavy duty versions, whack some insulation stuff for padding and you can sit boards on them, hang booms etc... etc.... and all above the car bonnet so great use of space.

So you end up with something a bit like this:

How long are the brackets? surprised you can fit boards on them.
If long enough, sounds like a good idea.

thanks for the replies ppl. some things I should state;

my problem is width of the garage. with the car inside, the distance to the wall I want to store on is less than a metre. This means shelving the boards flat is not really an option. the other point is that I have an auto roller door that pulls up overhead, so the carriage for that stop me from doing anything overhead...unless I suspend something from those rails, which could work, but I'm reluctant to hang any weight from them.

I've stood my longest board (beloved old-skool Mistral Flow 275cm) upright in there and it'll *just* fit. storing them with the bottom of the board flush against the wall seems to be the best use of space. i take myseven's point about the sails etc...i might make up a custom rack for them, something like a billiard pool cue rack. i'll report back in when done. hopefully some weekend fronts come through and this project gets delayed a bit...

what's the dimensions of your garage? is there room in front of your car?

would the horizontal rack idea work if you start your bottom rack at 1700 above floor level?

that's just a touch higher than overhead cupboard height. leaves enough room under to get in and out of the car if you are shorter

yeah, you need to back the car out to load it. that's what i do.

confused said...

I had a similar challenge and got some of those adjustable shelf brackets from bunnings, the ones where you attach a couple of long strips down the wall and then place brackets on them wherever needed:



Get the heavy duty versions, whack some insulation stuff for padding and you can sit boards on them, hang booms etc... etc.... and all above the car bonnet so great use of space.

So you end up with something a bit like this:

Very impressive!

no roof in our garage just the rafter running thru i screwed 2 unside down ...t's... hanging from the rafters and it hold 4 boards 2 on each side

if they fit vertical why not just do that. that's the best space saver. a lucky outcome really and one to take advantage.

and me too swoosh. i;ve still got a couple of boards over 2400 long. and some formula sails etc.

i meant trousers should go vertical if it fits.