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Great advice! Could you share some pics? which hardware did you use, and how are the mounted?

Good point! Better to add now and be done forever. Will also reduce stress on the horizontal support screws.

Background: Need to attach 2x 30 foot box rails to the ceiling to be able to have bypass barn doors. Will have (4 count) 8x10 (WxH) barn doors hanging from it. My joists run front to back of the garage, and above the garage is a small attic (unused) and a sloping roof right above. There is about...

4x10 doors will require me to frame 8 doors instead of 4 :(. With just 2 ceiling mounted box rails for bypass, I worry it will be annoying to move so many doors to get access to storage...

That's an interesting idea! Will 1/4 plywood work? I could use 2x 1/4 plywood 4x8 (https://www.homedepot.com/p/1-8-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Utility-Panel-Actual-0-106-in-x-48-in-x-96-in-833096/100543684) for each door and attach them to the frame. And can use some 1x2 furring strips to give it some...

Oh they are going to hang from the ceiling! :( The only 5/6 boards I can find are for exterior at HD, and this is in the garage... Will 1x6 or 1x4 work instead? Thank you for the tip for the back. I can add turnbuckles as a X on the back. Or could also do a X of 1x4 at the back too if I'm not...

I've got 2 screws on each support and one in the front every ~3 feet. I'll drop in a few more!

You could also consider building shelves in the front of the car, just raised enough so the car hood goes under. That will give you a bunch of space.

Background - Just finished the 30 feet wide garage shelves. The garage is looking great, just need to hide the shelves now with barn doors. To cover the 30 feet length of garage wall, I plan on adding 4x (~7.75 W x ~9.75 H) barn doors hanging from the CEILING with box rails with box rail...

AH - got it now. That's gonna be one project... looks like he put that, and then created indents in the shelf...

Good idea! I'm gonna try this first...

the horizontal 2x4's are basically flying in the wind. If you put a jack stud under each horizontal 2x4 all the way to the floor it would transfer the weight all the way down to the floor. Hey @66Caprice , thanks for your feedback. But I don't think I'm grokking what you are saying. Are you...

agreed! In the old house that was my wife's #1 complaint. That why this time, I am adding barn doors in front of the entire area!

Bears. M F Bears. They get into the compost we put in yard waste and the trash. 3 of the 4 bins used we stay inside all the time anyways, I figured let me make a proper area for them. We haven't had an odor issue in the years the cans have been inside, but can always put freshners in that area.

Yep - only what we can lift and keep by ourselves - Thats a good way to think about it! Love the idea about clear bags for suitcases!