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Installing a STRONG shelf on garage wall
I want to install a STRONG shelf on my garage wall about a foot
above the floor. The shelf will be on the wall between the garage and the house. I plan to attach a 2 by 4 to the wall with lag bolts into the bottom plate of the wall. The back of shelf will sit on the 2 by 4 attached to the wall and the front will sit on another 2 by 4 supported by 2 by 4 legs. (The garage floor is about a foot below the finished floor of the house which is above the crawlspace. I live in an frost-free area so I do not have a basement. The bottom foot of the wall in the garage is concrete.) I want to attach 2 by 4 cross pieces to the front and back 2 by 4's with joist hangers about every 16 inches. I plan to attach the legs to the front 2 by 4 with upside-down joist hangers. I will use drywall screws to fasten the joist hangers to the 2 by 4's. I will use the largest particle board shelf I can find at Home Depot or Lowes as the top of the shelf. I think I have seen some that are 8 feet by 16 inches by about 0.75 inches thick. Does what I have described sound like a good plan? Can you think of anything I could change that would make the shelf easier to make, or less expensive? Thank you in advance for any help. -- When I am in the kitchen, I often kick one of my cat's balls. After I kick it, he will sometimes play with it for a few seconds to several minutes. His favorite are the ones that rattle. He'll play with any ball that makes noise. |
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