Advice on multiple rows of wall cabinets

[K Powers]

hey all, looking for some advice on wall cabinets I have tall ceilings and am considering mounting multiple rows of cabinets. Bases would be no lower than 6ft and would extend up the the 12 ft ceiling. is there any strength or other issues with multiple rows on the upper half of a wall? I'm concerned about the base does it need to be supported or do I hang each row as I would an independent row?

 

[JDishong]

Will the base cabinets be supported by your flooring? and then you plan to stack upper cabinets on top of these? Not sure I follow your design yet.

Do you have a sketch?

 

[dittle fart around]

You shouldn't have a problem. The case of each cabinet screwed into the wall studs is what holds the weight of the material in the cabinet. Stacking another wall cabinet on top of the first wouldn't make any difference if you screwed it into the wall studs. It's not like stacking more weight on top of the first.

 

[K Powers]

The cabinets would be floating

 

[K Powers]

Yeah I was hoping that was the case ill make sure I hit the studs and go for it

 

[Andybull]

There's usually a nailing strip (top and bottom) running horizontally on a wall cabinet. Make sure you hit every stud, with #8 self tapping screws. If there's wood backing, space the screws 16" on center.
Newer homes might have metal studs spaced at 24" OC.
Mate the tops and bottoms of the piggy backed cabinets with the proper length screws as needed.

 

[pattenp]

High cabinets can be bad. You'll forget what's in them. I have high walls and was thinking of doing the same as you. After thinking hard about it I figured anything I put in them would not be easily accessible and most likely not needed to be kept.

 

[sean Buick 76]

I would run a row of cabinets from 5 feet to 8 feet high and then have a sturdy 3 foot deep shelf above the cabinets. If your cabinets are too high you will not know whats in them....

also keep in mind that you may want deeper work benches if you add cabinets, i would use a 2.5 or 3 foot deep bench under a 1 foot deep cabinet... Also make sure your cabinets are not too low and interfering with the work bench space....

Also for the small jut out area on the wall i would either space all of the cabinets out from the wall or if it works out you could have a gap between cabinets where that jut out is on the wall.

Have a look at mine a other peoples garage builds for ideas...

 

[over40pirate]

In our new garage, I was thinking of a row of as tall as possible cabinets along both walls. I thought I would put a french cleat all along the walls.
It would make it a lot easier for 1 person to mount them and get them lined up.
It would allow you to slide them to where ever you want them.