Accessible Higher Shelving

[Always_Thinkin]

Accessible Higher Shelving For More Storage In The Garage

One of our fellow GJ members posted his higher shelving build for his garage and it reminded me of another shelving option I wanted to share. The shelving idea where the lower shelves actually glide out so you can step to reach top shelved items. Then they slide back to the wall. This is not my idea, however I think it is a really good one. Eventually I plan to build a shelving system like this but here it is. Has anyone built something similar before? What would you or did you use for the lower shelving slides since it has to support a man's weight? Cabinet drawer slides only go up to 100 pounds per pair so not sure what to use.

 

[Big-Foot]

Pretty neat, but I wonder how stabile the top of the third step is? Are there like drawer sides that interconnect them?

 

[Always_Thinkin]

Pretty neat, but I wonder how stabile the top of the third step is? Are there like drawer sides that interconnect them?

The slides are the part that I can't figure out. Not sure what to use.

 

[JakeKohl]

The slides are the part that I can't figure out. Not sure what to use.

That is a really neat idea. I imagine that a standard drawer slide, mounted on top between two of the slide-outs, would do the trick. Mount stops between the drawers so that when you pull out the bottom one, it hits a stop on the second one and starts pulling it out. The second hits a stop on the third one and starts pulling it out until the third one hits the final stop (which can impact the side post). The two drawer slides of the third one (connecting to the fourth one that doesn't move) should be capable of holding the weight of the person on the stairs (it won't actually have to hold that much...but from a safety standpoint...)

I'm not sure what those drawer slides would be rated for when mounted like that...some testing might be in order.

 

[rharman]

Well, you can get heavy duty slides or slides built for a file drawer. The weight rating is pretty high on those and they are solid.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=31305&site=ROCKLER

 

[Jason Lister]

I use the 250# slides all the time... but they have 500# too.

http://www.tchweb.com/tchstore/category/drawerslides/s0/520---Drawer-Slides.html

 

[bad5x8]

Ok, I like cool stuff too...
but come on...
How about a step ladder?

 

[APEowner]

That's clever. I occasionally stand in the bottom drawer of my Mac roll cab so I can see in the top one.