What’s Up? I mean LOOK At What’s Up… Ceiling Stuff
I’ve shown everyone around the
, but I haven’t shown what I have on the ceiling. To me, that is valuable storage space that has been getting filled up as time goes by.
Starting over the workbench and my third parking bay/workshop, I have long wood stored and I recently installed a HF 30’ retractable power cord with a triple plug end. Not sure why I chose that spot to mount the wood rack, but when we moved in here 10 years ago, it seems like a pretty good idea at the time.
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The blue cables are pre-installed wires for a second garage door opener. (Not in the budget yet and not really needed for the shop door). The black cord hanging over the wood is the extension cord I have been using all these years until I put up the retract one. (I just noticed that black cord has a triple plug, too
) The wood is a lot of 1x’s that I used for shelving in various rooms or as needed for projects, plus other long pieces… On the right side is a spare shelf I made stored up there.
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I did need to install spacers on the top of the rack bar at the far end to raise the wood just enough for the garage door to clear it when at the top of its arc when opening and closing. On the far back wall, over the garage door track, is a sifter frame I made from 1x’s and chicken wire for working the yard.
On the ceiling over the middle parking bay is another pair of ceiling T-Racks. I really don’t know what they are called, but they look like this…
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On this one, I have additional hurricane tracks and braces. The tracks are over 10’ long and can’t stand along the wall, so they went up there. The 2x3x1/16” angels are spare from the hurricane panels that the installer left for me. I’ll find something to make with them! The 4x4 braces are to brace the inside of my garage doors. The doors I have are hurricane resistant, up to a certain wind speed. I went through Andrew and I don’t want to take any chances. These braces will cut the span of my doors in half for the 9’ door and thirds for the 16’ door. I have 6x6 angle brackets that go on the top of the ‘L’ and attach into the red and blue holes above my doors in picture 02, above. The bottom has an angle that bolts to the floor slab. There is a smaller angle mid height of the brace that has a bolt into the door to help with negative pressures. Eventually I will install these just to get a few shots to post.
Not shown in these pictures is my 50’ retractable hose reel that I will be mounting between the two garage door tracks, just inside the door. With it mounted there, 50’ will get me out to the street for anyone that stops by and needs air. (ever notice how popular you are when someone needs to borrow some tools or needs some air and tehy know you can help?)
Also over the center bay, but accessible from the middle walking aisle, is my new ladder rack. I saw photos of these on someone else’s thread and thought they looked cool. Next to it is my former ladder shelf and hook. The wood shelf on the wall is where the foot of the ladder would rest and then I could push the top up and get the hook under a rung. It worked fine, but doesn’t look as cool as the new one. (I have since taken down the old one)
120 (04) - By the way, did I mention anywhere that I have new lights???
The ladder rack is built from a 1x4 at the top with 2x4’s on the ends. The horizontal is a 1/2” threaded rod with nuts on both sides of the 2x’s. Over the rod is a piece of 3/4” PVC, painted black. (I must note that this is gloss black as I had painted this well before
Red Leader get me on the flat black accents in the Hideout! I may have to repaint this now.
) I do have caps to eventually put over the recessed rod ends.
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Now I spent a few too many hours making this - routing the 2x’s so I could bolt each from two directions, sanding all the wood grains, painting, sanding, painting, installing the threaded rods and PVC, and then mounting. Only after it was installed did I find out I made it a little too small. It works, but there is very little room to move the ladder around. Lesson learned!
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As I was standing on a 6’ step ladder with the 16’ extension ladder over my head and pushing the feet in first, did I realize that with the feet in first, the extension locks hang down and keep me from pushing the ladder in any further. Flipping it over didn’t work as the locks just hit the top of the rack. So, Wingnut learned another lesson that day - TGIF (Top Goes In First)
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But you can clearly see that there is very little extra room to get the ladder all the way in on one rack and then lift it up to slide it in the other end of the rack. It does fit, but really could use another inch to spare. (Like I haven’t heard that one before
. Don't go there!) (There is only 7” clear from the bar to the top, but should have been 8”+)
The ladder is a 16’ fiberglass extension ladder from HD and is 8’ and some change when closed. The ladder rack is mounted 6’ apart, mounted into the trusses above. So making them further apart may have helped, but then I would have needed additional intermediate braces in the attic between the trusses.
124 (08) - The ladder rack works for now. If I start to run low for things on my ‘To Do’ list, I may re-build the rack!
Also visible in this shot is my HF 40’ retractable power cord. I put a 40’ here so that I can take it out into the driveway when needed. It works well reaching out there.
And, just so I don’t forget how far I can pull this one towards the street, I used my handy dandy label maker to mark it as 40’.
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And, last but not least, over the first bay, is Nothing! (Except for the two lights)
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I am keeping this area open, possibly for a fishing pole rack. I have an idea what I want and when it comes up on my hit list, I will post pix of it as well. It would fit over the garage door opener, leaving the space between the lights and the wall still available for something else.
The shelf over the door has lanterns and a dead chainsaw. No reason why they are there other than it seemed like a good idea at the time. Now that I see what others are doing above their doors, I may just add more storage up there as well.
And far as the ceiling goes, Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-.That's all, folks.
Next Up, The Salt Life Hideout gets the floor tiles installed!
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Great Job wingnut. 
I like the bus 
