palsor1
Well-known member
Hey guys,
I have a fairly small two car garage that I'm working on finishing, dimensions are about 18' wide, probably 20-25' long, and only an 8ft. ceiling. I'm trying to figure out a good way to store my kayaks up and out of the way. Currently, they are hanging on one wall which isn't bad, but does get in the way when I'm trying to work on my project car in one of the bays. Given that the ceilings are only 8ft, I can't hang them from the ceiling above the garage door, and I don't really want to hang them anywhere else simply because it will feel like it's bringing the roof down on my head
. I do have attic space above the garage. Up above the garage is a web truss (single story house) with 24" on center spacing. Sooo.... here are some wild and crazy possibilities I can think of:
1. Cut a space in the ceiling drywall between two trusses and long enough for the kayak. Frame in a little box above the openining, fill in the walls of the box with new drywall and use a pulley system to get the kayaks up into that. Pros: Gets the kayaks up into the attic 'area' while still having access to them from the garage. Cons: Lots of work, lose that attic storage space.
2. Cut a space in the ceiling drywall and rig up some kind of spring loaded trap door, then use a use pulley system to raise and lower the kayaks through the trap door. Pros: Potentially a little less work than option 1. Cons: Still a lot of work, not sure how to do the trap door.
3. Leave them on the wall. Pros: No work. Cons: I hate having the yaks eating up garage space.
Any other ideas? I've also been trying to think of places to put them in the backyard, but nothing I haven't thought of has really appealed to me (putting them in the shed, putting them on a sideyard on sawhorses, etc...). I really like having easy access to them from the garage, I just would like them up and out of the way.
- Andy
I have a fairly small two car garage that I'm working on finishing, dimensions are about 18' wide, probably 20-25' long, and only an 8ft. ceiling. I'm trying to figure out a good way to store my kayaks up and out of the way. Currently, they are hanging on one wall which isn't bad, but does get in the way when I'm trying to work on my project car in one of the bays. Given that the ceilings are only 8ft, I can't hang them from the ceiling above the garage door, and I don't really want to hang them anywhere else simply because it will feel like it's bringing the roof down on my head
. I do have attic space above the garage. Up above the garage is a web truss (single story house) with 24" on center spacing. Sooo.... here are some wild and crazy possibilities I can think of:1. Cut a space in the ceiling drywall between two trusses and long enough for the kayak. Frame in a little box above the openining, fill in the walls of the box with new drywall and use a pulley system to get the kayaks up into that. Pros: Gets the kayaks up into the attic 'area' while still having access to them from the garage. Cons: Lots of work, lose that attic storage space.
2. Cut a space in the ceiling drywall and rig up some kind of spring loaded trap door, then use a use pulley system to raise and lower the kayaks through the trap door. Pros: Potentially a little less work than option 1. Cons: Still a lot of work, not sure how to do the trap door.
3. Leave them on the wall. Pros: No work. Cons: I hate having the yaks eating up garage space
.Any other ideas? I've also been trying to think of places to put them in the backyard, but nothing I haven't thought of has really appealed to me (putting them in the shed, putting them on a sideyard on sawhorses, etc...). I really like having easy access to them from the garage, I just would like them up and out of the way.
- Andy
nice job have a beer.
