Cleaning And Organizing Your Messy Garage
Is your garage messy, cluttered, and impossible to walk through without stepping on something
? Then it is time to make a change-clean up that messy garage and start over!
Using garage storage systems to organize your garage can add a great deal of functionality and organization to that space in your home. There are a number of things to consider when choosing a garage storage system including what type to use, where to install, and how much to spend.
There are several different systems for organizing the garage. One is a simple system you put together yourself.
Use a series of plastic or metal shelves and accessories such as storage bins and tubs. If it is well planned, this kind of system can result in a functional garage space, and may save you some money over the other types of garage systems.
A grooved panel garage storage system uses grooved plastic panels, similar to retail slat wall, to cover the walls. These panels can accommodate a variety of storage units, including cabinets or shelves.
They hang from the slats in a wide variety of patterns. A grid storage system uses a grid attached to the wall.
Once the grid is attached to the studs, you can add a variety of bins, work surfaces, and storage units that attach to the grid. There are also pegboard systems, although they do not generally include cabinetry.
Still, they do offer a wide variety of organizers and bins that attach to the pegboard. These systems can be used in combination with cabinets or shelves purchased separately.
Each of these systems varies in cost and convenience, so research is important in this initial stage of the process. Do you want to install a grid or grooved panel across the entire wall?
Or do you want individual, freestanding units? After you've chosen a system, then you should decide what varieties of storage shelves, drawers and bins you want.
Look at all the items you need to store, and determine if shelves, hooks, cupboards, bins, or overhead shelves will be best for those items. Now is also the time to consider budget.
If you are able to spend the money for cabinetry, it provides a neater look. Full-wall systems are more expensive than a system put together from individual pieces, but they do provide a finished look.
Draw out the plan. You can either use a piece of graph paper, making each square equivalent to a foot in the garage, or just make a rough sketch.
You will then make a list of the numbers of bins, shelves, hooks, and cupboards you need. Don't begin this step until you have a plan in place and the materials ready so that you don't end up moving things in and out of the garage several times.
If you expect your project to take more than a day to finish, then move items to one side of the garage, complete the work on the cleared side, and then move them to the finished side of the garage while you install the remaining product on the opposite side of the garage. Each manufacturer will provide detailed instructions regarding its own particular products.
Here are some general guidelines to keep in mind: install grids, grooved wallboards, and cabinets on the studs. Standard spacing for studs is 16" for walls in homes, but some garages use 24" between studs.
Use a stud finder to be sure. If you use assorted shelving, consider stabilizing the units by attaching them to the wall to avoid accidents.
Keeping things off the floor is a basic organization idea that also provides safety. In garages, there are several chemicals and liquids that are harmful to pets and children.
Simple wall cabinets lined along the side or back of your garage can keep these things out of reach. Wall cabinets is also a great garage storage idea for small hand tools and boxes of fasteners.
Being able to store your larger items is also a must. Rakes, shovels, weed eaters, axes, and other types of tools should be stored standing up, in a place where they can't be tripped over.
The advantage of these free standing cabinets is that they can be moved to another wall, or corner, of your garage if the need arises. Garage ceilings are the most underused parts of a house.
There is a lot of space that can be used in the expanse between the car and actual ceiling. There are garage ceiling storage kits that can be bought, or you can custom build your own.
The space between the rafters is an ideal storage space that should be taken advantage of. Clean up your man cave today!
by: Tom Selwick
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