Corner Change
Finally got to tackle a big job that I've long awaited. Actually 2 jobs in one as I've been looking for the best spot to store bicycles and the quest ended up also forcing me to totally revamp one of the original storage corners in my garage. I've tried layouts for the bikes on just about every wall space I have but they all were also normal walk thru areas. Either coming in/out of the garage or past a work bench area. To hang full size bikes any of those spots would mean handlebars sticking way out into the walk path.
So the final result was the only corner left that was being used for random storage with a simple wooden shelf unit I had built when we first built this house 20 years ago.
The south west corner with original shelves.
And actually just prior to that picture I had two cabinets on the west wall. These were moved around from the old south wall make over and I eventually just realized I did not need both cabinets and was just using them to collect junk. So the junk is gone and one cabinet remains with useful tools and supplies. The other one is listed on CL.
Next was removal of the old wooden shelves. Easy enough with a screw gun but man were they nasty. Years of dust and spilling various things into the wood had ruined some of it anyway. I'll re-purpose some of the 2x4's and other pieces. The rest goes to the burn pile out back. Now a clean corner ready for its new purpose.
And the end result is a new home for mine and the wife's bikes. Plus there is room for hanging my step ladder next to them. And then still room for my air compressor to remain near its 30amp outlet.
On a final note I had previously bought some gear wall tracking and bike hanger brackets from Lowes because it looked like a clean simple solution to hanging the bikes. It will work well enough but I found that the plastic track pieces are pretty soft and require extra screws to really support the weight. I somewhat overkilled the final number of fasteners used because the first attempt had them pulling thru the soft plastic especially when I initially pre-drilled thru holes and chamfered the holes. This seemed like a good idea at the time but made the remaining plastic track too weak. So I like the track wall concept but highly recommend reinforcing very well how you attach to your wall if heavy weight is to be hung on it.
All in all a very satisfying project as the bikes are finally hung up when not used and that trashy corner is much cleaner looking than ever. It's enjoyable to complete small projects and see things taking shape little by little.
and hard work it can be made to work.
