Unistrut Shelving Project

[csp]

I've used Superstrut attachments on Unistrut.

 

[Zick]

Hey A**hole, what ever happened with this project?

 

[A**holes Garage]

All done, steel is loaded up, miscellaneous storage, adjustable, etc, Works great and holds a lot of weight.

 

[Zick]

 

[CamarosRus]

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[A**holes Garage]

Here are pics of original installation at the start of loading them up. I've added and moved the brackets and the configuration has changed since these pics. to fit the stuff I needed organized and off the floor. I haven't taken any current photos, but you get the idea;

 

[akdiesel]

Nice finish work.
Looks like you had some problems with breakins once before.

 

[ponjohn]

I've never heard of Unistrut.

 

[A**holes Garage]

Nice finish work.
Looks like you had some problems with breakins once before.

Thanks

Nope, no break ins to date. Just a preventative measure.

 

[1fastvx]

Not to change the topic, but I noticed the Rapidair Airnet piping in your garage. How do you like it? I am thinking about buying it, but I have not been able to make up my mind yet.

John

 

[Zick]

Nice work!
I see you’re quite fond of red.

 

[bob15]

Thanks

Nope, no break ins to date. Just a preventative measure.

That could be also a hazard for yourself. If you have to escape in a hurry, that bar could prevent you from doing so. Could also prevent or hinder safety people from entering in a hurry.


While the shelving doesn't look bad, but isn't it a lot of money for shelving of 3 coolers and an igloo cooler......lol

Why didn't you run the strut to the floor? By running to the floor, it allows for maximun weight on the vertical pieces of strut, with relying on the screws in the walls to hold it up. In turn the screws/lag bolts are just maintaining a vertical piece with no real load on it.

Just be careful with your door lock....

bob

 

[A**holes Garage]

Not to change the topic, but I noticed the Rapidair Airnet piping in your garage. How do you like it? I am thinking about buying it, but I have not been able to make up my mind yet.

John

Yes, it goes together great, took some trickery on the 90's going down the wall, etc. but overall I'm satisfied with it. Beats PVC, copper brazing, pipe threading, etc. for my small residential garage anyway.

Nice work!
I see you’re quite fond of red.

Well, I had a few tool boxes and things already painted red already so I continued the theme

That could be also a hazard for yourself. If you have to escape in a hurry, that bar could prevent you from doing so. Could also prevent or hinder safety people from entering in a hurry.


While the shelving doesn't look bad, but isn't it a lot of money for shelving of 3 coolers and an igloo cooler......lol

Why didn't you run the strut to the floor? By running to the floor, it allows for maximun weight on the vertical pieces of strut, with relying on the screws in the walls to hold it up. In turn the screws/lag bolts are just maintaining a vertical piece with no real load on it.

Just be careful with your door lock....

bob

Granted, I'm not a a fab shop. I do need some garage shelving that would support several hundred pounds of steel though. Gladiator or Rubbermaid products aren't going to do that. Plus, the Unistrut provides a great amount of adjustment vertically on the struts, can set them anywhere I need them. Each bracket can hold 200 lbs. each. Pff, the whole thing cost under $400.00, chump change IMO for the capability, strength and versatility. Plus I can weld or bolt accessories directly on the brackets or strut. See the yellow hooks? I just fabbed up the hooks so I can put my car cover on them. Try welding or modifying Gladiator or Rubbermaid products.

I anchored each long unistrut with (4) 2 1/2" carriage bolts. They aren't going anywhere, and since the drywall does not line up with the stem wall, I saw no need to run it to the floor anyway.

Sure, a few coolers and a bit of steel;

I designed the cross bar on the door with simplicity in mind. Two straps lagged on each side of the door molding with a nut welded to it. Two threaded knobs go through the square tube and simply thread into the nuts. Easy to get on and off. I don't plan on an emergency exit through the garage as it will probably be the source of the emergency, lolol. I live in the Southwest, and believe me, if emergency personnel or thieves with time wanted into the house, they would simply kick in the stucco walls or cut through the garage door.

I also made a steel shutter for the garage window;

 

[White 99]

I like it. One day I am going to copy your idea.

What are you using for the horizontal shelving?

Are the lag bolts into the studs 1/4 inch?

 

[klhitman]

i love uni-strut. we use the stuff all the time. another item i l like that is like the strut is made by a company called 80/20. its like uni-strut but cooler.

check out their web page it has a lot of cool stuff.

http://www.8020.net/Solution-3.asp

 

[A**holes Garage]

I like it. One day I am going to copy your idea.

What are you using for the horizontal shelving?

Are the lag bolts into the studs 1/4 inch?

I meant lags, not carriage bolts. The Unsitrut is 12 gauge and with a washer, the lag bolt is in the stud about 2 1/2" to 2 1/4".

 

[A**holes Garage]

i love uni-strut. we use the stuff all the time. another item i l like that is like the strut is made by a company called 80/20. its like uni-strut but cooler.

check out their web page it has a lot of cool stuff.

http://www.8020.net/Solution-3.asp

I worked with a company that built clean room filling equipment with that stuff. Lots of tricky connectors, etc. Very expensive.

I thought about using that for a A/V, stereo equipment rack, etc.

 

[JCQuick]

I would have never thought of using that for shelving. We use to use it to mount pipes at may last place of work.

Good job looks nice

 

[A**holes Garage]

I like it. One day I am going to copy your idea.

What are you using for the horizontal shelving?

Are the lag bolts into the studs 1/4 inch?

I was going to use melamine shelving but I had a few wire rack shelves leftover from my rack shelving, they fit and I used them.

 

[White 99]

I was thinking of the wire rack stuff also.

Thanks

 

[crooklyn]

great project !

 

[logcabin4life]

Use the channel nuts that have the plastic cone on the front to retain them in place. Don't get the ones with the spring on the back, dang thing won't slide and hangs up on the holes in the channel.

I've used a modest amount of it mounting conduit and hanging lights in my shop. I wanted the lights in exactly the right place, spacing wise, and that meant I wasn't mounting them right on the purlins, so every light hangs from a section of unistrut spanning two purlins.

Charles

Charles

I put a 48” high stretch around my whole 35x60 shop …. hang things from it

 

[ycgoat]

I was reading through this post until I got to where The OP said he got 5 sticks of strut for $75, and I realized this must a pretty old topic.

 

[nicholsmf]

Nice. A couple years ago when I designed my 30 X 46 detached shop, the only thing I didn't account for (idiot) was steel storage. I need to come up with something because I typically just have 20 footers laying in the middle of the floor. I nailed everything else in my design, but I forgot something as elementary as steel storage. I think I might do a 10 ft lean to off the back with rack on the wall.

 

[nadogail]

Unistrut is like an Industrial Erector Set, you are limited only by your imagination and your budget.

 

[Dagny]

Yes they are interchangable..