On Aug 11, 5:58*pm, aemeijers wrote:
wrote:
After the rain we recently had here in the Chicago area, I have
decided that I want to put in thesuspendedbasement shelves that I
have intended for many years. *I know I could make a set in a variety
of ways, and I am open to suggestions. *However, I am trying to come
up with a particular set, and I haven't seen anything close for sale.

It is essentially rods which have two curves, like eyehooks, at the
top to nail them to a joist. *They hold a 2 x 12 below, one on each
end of the board. *You can hang another set belowx for multiple
shelves. *A series of them increases the capacity of the shelf.

I have probably not described them well since I am falling asleep
writing this, but any help would be appreciated.

I remember seeing wire shelf hangers like you are talking about as a
kid, but haven't seen them in stores in years. The most common ones I
saw were intended for 1xshelving, and shaped like a square-bottom U,
with extra little side loops at the end to hook the row below into them.
Sorta like a chain ladder. Top clip got hammered into the joists or hung
off big screws, and lower loops you needed to squeeze shut with pliers
so a accidental bump wouldn't make *the shelves fall down.

If no local store has them, or they are pricey, I can think of plenty of
cheap painless ways to fake the same high-watershelvingresult. A
vertical 2x6 lagged off to sill plate, and triangle braces or metal
shelf brackets to hold up the shelves would probably be simplest. One of
the borgs or the other usually has 'utility shelf' brackets on sale.
Some things are not worth your time to reinvent.

--
aem sends...

It sounds like you are recalling the very item I am describing, and
doing a better job of decribing it.

And you are right, some things are not worth the time to reinvent.