thetastelingers
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OMG I'm going to steal LOTS of ideas from this thread. Thanks Everyone for posting. I shall post up pictures of what I steal and hope to add some of my own.
What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!
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HotDoggin
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So, just have to ask - Does anyone have any neat ideas for stashing a pair of bikes in a garage that's already a little tight? I'm a little hesitant to do the whole rope it up to the ceiling thing.. Seems like I WILL hit my head..
Some great ideas here!
The zip ties idea with PVC tube is great. (Especially for those that have pipe left over from plumbing their compressor!
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My zip ties are in their original bags...with a slit to remove them...with all the bags in a re-purposed cookie tin. Also in the tin is a pair of wire cutters to trim. When needed...I take the tin to the job.
The zip ties idea with PVC tube is great. (Especially for those that have pipe left over from plumbing their compressor!
)My zip ties are in their original bags...with a slit to remove them...with all the bags in a re-purposed cookie tin. Also in the tin is a pair of wire cutters to trim. When needed...I take the tin to the job.
I love these ladder hanging ideas... unfortunately, I just installed jackshaft door openers and the tracks for my garage doors raised all the way snug to the ceiling joists, so the ladders will have to hang perpendicular all the way behind the door when it's open. With my lift and shelving I do like the extra headroom more than the "hiding" of the ladders. I'll have to deal with it... ;(
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IlliniBone
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I use 4 hooks like this... http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-PCS-Jumbo...ount-Hang-Hanger-Garage-Storage-/151169901674 to store 2 bikes.
They are mounted from my ceiling but could easily be used on the wall too as shown in the picture.
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HotDoggin - By "hit my head" do you mean that the bikes will come crashing down or that they will hang too low for you to pass underneath?
I have an unfinished ceiling so I went with the Harbor Freight rope/pulley bike system. Can't beat it for $8 apiece and it pulls up nice and tight to the trusses. Pretty hard to store a bike anywhere else without it taking up much room!
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sctattooer
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Super cheap shoe holders for spray cans. Takes up zero space, and you can see your WD-40 from across the room
Kevin54
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The shoe thing is a great idea for spray cans. I may just have to steal that idea.!!!!!!!!
bparksntx
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I incorporated the same type of ladder storage in my garage a few months back. Nothing fancy… I used scrap 2x4’s and eyeballed the dimensions and location. It’s a great solution to getting ladders up off the floor and utilizing some unused space.
Just when I think I've seen it all....paneling in a garage. That's a first for me.
Nice solution to ladder storage.
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ChevyEFI
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I put up a closet door rail and sliders so I could slide one bike over a car. It's using space that wouldn't otherwise be used.
However, I'll eventually swap the light-duty closet stuff for heavier duty. With something that isn't stable / guided like a closet door, the rollers don't go as smoothly & confidently as they should.
HotDoggin
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I whipped out my tape measure and it looks like if I put the wheels up flush with the ceiling (~9.5'+), it will interfere with my head by 6 inches or so - I don't really want to have to worry about that..
I love your idea though - tucking it up between rafters means they disappear into practically useless space..
FarmerPete
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Problem with raising them into the rafters is that it's probably only good for winter storage. I doubt my wife would want to flip her bike upside down and right it up every time she uses it. I still think the best answer for bike storage in the garage is to not store your bikes in the garage. Get them in a shed. Same with the lawnmower, weed whacker, etc.
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Krokodil
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Excellent shoe holder idea!
parnass
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My inlaws' old Schwinn bicycle was stored upside down for several years using large metal hooks placed through the wheels. That caused the wheels to bend and become out of round.
I'm not sure it was hanging by the hooks. Could be I guess, but wheels can hold hundreds of pounds of rider and handling 20-30 pounds of hanging bike wouldn't seem that tough of a task. It might be more likely that the wheels just came out of true and need to be adjusted at a bike shop. I frequent bike forums and some of those guys are overkill ****. Never seen someone complain of out of round wheels from hanging from hooks.
I've never seen it in person but it seems a bit more likely on an old Schwinn, might be a little heavier and have single wall steel rims, and if the spoke tension was low to begin with that could play a huge factor as well. If the rim has a hop outward versus inward in one spot(about 45 degrees) that may be proof that hanging it caused it. I have hung my bikes with no problems, but they all have newer double wall aluminum rims and for a couple months at a time at most. I used to work at a shop and we hung all of our surplus bikes on the ceiling rafters on a single hook, from the rear wheel, never had an issue, but we never hung the heavier bikes(like beach cruisers and DH bikes) and they all had alloy rims.
Algoma56
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Sorry, no pic. I store my 17 foot extension ladder across the ends of the garage door track. One leg of the ladder is on the door side of the support strut, the other on the outboard end. Secure it wit a single bungee. I just stand on a small step ladder to remove.
Phixer
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The wheels will not bend (or otherwise change shape) from being hung from a hook. The strength of a properly laced bicycle wheel is tremendous.
Most likely, a "yoot" did some joy-riding, bashed a few curbs, then quietly hung the bike back where he found it....
GoodwinFord
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My dad made this so I can't take credit but the cabinet has been perfect. He stores all kinds of stuff in it and then the nuts and bolts idea is pretty sweet to. The whole thing is 8ft tall and about 15ft wide. Best part if u have a friend over or whoever and they need a tool u can just tell them the number and they will know which door it's in
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mrjaw14
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since my wife says I'm the grinch...I'll say some hooks and some wire (which is not un-true now that I think about it)
jwh
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Harbor Freight sells a bike rack where the bike hangs from one wheel. I have one I'll post a picture later.
Hi
Im a newbie to the forum and would like to share some of my ideas. As I do a bit of everything I need to make my workshop as versatile as possible but still keep as much space as possible. Here is a panoramic picture of my 6m x 9m garage/workshop
So firstly I picked up the table for the equivalent of US$5. Then I proceeded to make my cutoff saw fold away.
This meant however that I lost some much needed work space so on to plan B. I decided to use the space between the doors. I made a rotating table to house my cutoff saw and my drill press.
Flipped
I am not sure where my tools will suffer for this so any advise will be appreciated.
Cheers from Cape Town South Africa.
Alwie
Im a newbie to the forum and would like to share some of my ideas. As I do a bit of everything I need to make my workshop as versatile as possible but still keep as much space as possible. Here is a panoramic picture of my 6m x 9m garage/workshop
So firstly I picked up the table for the equivalent of US$5. Then I proceeded to make my cutoff saw fold away.
This meant however that I lost some much needed work space so on to plan B. I decided to use the space between the doors. I made a rotating table to house my cutoff saw and my drill press.
Flipped
I am not sure where my tools will suffer for this so any advise will be appreciated.
Cheers from Cape Town South Africa.
Alwie
Krokodil
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Nice idea!
dittle fart around
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Hi
Alwie
Nice kombi dude. Time to start a VW bus thread.
Hi
Im a newbie to the forum and would like to share some of my ideas. As I do a bit of everything I need to make my workshop as versatile as possible but still keep as much space as possible. Here is a panoramic picture of my 6m x 9m garage/workshop
I am not sure where my tools will suffer for this so any advise will be appreciated.
Cheers from Cape Town South Africa.
Alwie
The idea is good, but think you might get very frustrated doing a bunch of flipping, during a larger fab. project....call us back in a couple of years on that one.
Anyways...here is a new project for you..
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cbacres
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Posted on " what you did do TO your shop today"
My steel supply was always a wild corner and I also have a bunch of little pieces for those projects I know I'm going to do one day.
I'm in the process of relocating my 4' x8' welding table once again, along with my two welders. Since my welders would be by the steel storage, I could just see a piece falling over on one of my regulators, so I set out to condense and secure them, which I needed to do anyway.
For he long pieces, I am just standing them upright against the wall, in between the building post. I have 2" x 4" purlins that I anchored 6" lag bolts into,spaced 6" & 8" apart. I used 1/4" aluminum flat bar with a hole on one end,a slot on the other end. The flat bar pivots on one lag, slips over the other. This provides a simple catch to keep the steel from falling out from the wall. The steel is standing mostly upright, so no real strain on the flat bar or lags.
I'm also building a few shelves for the small shapes and pieces of plate. No more buckets and piles of stuff with out homes. The only drawback to this is I'll be able to find what I'm looking for in less than a beer now.
My steel supply was always a wild corner and I also have a bunch of little pieces for those projects I know I'm going to do one day.
I'm in the process of relocating my 4' x8' welding table once again, along with my two welders. Since my welders would be by the steel storage, I could just see a piece falling over on one of my regulators, so I set out to condense and secure them, which I needed to do anyway.
For he long pieces, I am just standing them upright against the wall, in between the building post. I have 2" x 4" purlins that I anchored 6" lag bolts into,spaced 6" & 8" apart. I used 1/4" aluminum flat bar with a hole on one end,a slot on the other end. The flat bar pivots on one lag, slips over the other. This provides a simple catch to keep the steel from falling out from the wall. The steel is standing mostly upright, so no real strain on the flat bar or lags.
I'm also building a few shelves for the small shapes and pieces of plate. No more buckets and piles of stuff with out homes. The only drawback to this is I'll be able to find what I'm looking for in less than a beer now.
67carl
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I posted this idea in another thread but thought it worth showing in this one. I took some of those white wire closet shelves and cut them down to fit between the studs. I like that they are not solid and will not collect dirt and other ****. I've still got a way to go and will eventually paint everything in gloss white.
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BellyUpFish
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Pictures like that almost make me wish I wasn't insulating my garage..
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LS6 Tommy
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If you wanted to get really fancy, find an old spindle that would fit that wheel and mount the spindle to the wall and the wheel to the spindle. Then fab a handle to the rim of the wheel and now you have the coolest manual hose roller in town.!!
My old boss had them done that way in all the gas stations I managed...
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LS6 Tommy
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X2. OSHA wants you to wear a harness any time your more than 4' off the floor... When your on a 6' step,ladder changing drop ceiling tiles, what do you attach the harness TO?
I follow most all safety practices at home, too. I've seen a capped, unchained oxygen bottle fall over & it still knocked the cap & valve off. Good thing it was empty.
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67carl
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While it does get cold here, it doesn't get Alabama cold, so I figured I could live with it in order to get more storage. Roll Tide! (man, they sure screwed the pooch against Auburn).
There was 1960's era wood paneling I ripped off with the intent of putting up drywall. Once I got it down I saw the opportunity for a lot of desperately needed storage. So I flipped the paneling over, cut it to fit between the studs to give it a more finished look, then made the shelves.