This project has been on the back burner for awhile, but I got the itch to finish these shelves this week. Like most people, I have a thousand and one projects I am currently working on - fixing drywall, air sealing canned lights, mold removal and mitigation, cleaning up the overgrown hedges/bushes/trees, clearing out blackberry mess, finding and fixing broken irrigation, french drains, etc... So some projects get finished to a point, but most sit at an acceptable level of livable standards until I get an itch or my wife has bothered me enough.The garage was a waste bin of storage for the previous tenant. Flooding was common, the rodent infestation was terrible, and the flashing/roof were in disrepair. I emptied the garage taking 2 trips to the dump, set traps and bait, and watched the first couple rains to see where my drainage issue was. This was when I found out my septic system was in failure, and all my energies went to fixing that on the cheap. During that time, I had to whip up a quick shelving process to get things off the floor. Then it's been a long time working on the shit system and trying to repair/shock the system into working. After 4 months, and many pumps, the decision was made to connect to city sewer. Yay, someone else gets to do the work, not me!Which brings me to this week. The original shelving unit I threw up is 22" in depth and starts out as a foot off the ground. The garage floor is sloped, so the shelve I built looks to be sloped... But it is completely level. I used joist hangers because I am not the best at angling screws, and this allows the cross beams to have a more secure connection. I added vertical posts mostly as stabilizers. I am not an engineer or carpenter, so I do things that make sense for weight capacity and durability. I used 1/2" sheets of plywood for more rigidity on the shelves. Went through a crap ton of standard 2 - 1/2" construction screws... These shelves are built to last and take a beating. The measurements for length were fit to size of the garage, but the height of the shelves was measure for 24 - 1/4" from top of plywood to bottom of 2x4 (28 - 1/2" from top of bottom 2x4 to top of top 2x4). I used a 4' level to make sure that runners and cross beams were level including the back and front. Tools I used: marker, tape measure, level, square, impact driver, and circular saw.No spiders were killed during this process. Spiders are pretty cool dudes if you ask me, they eat flies and ants. via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2Al7fhl
