Building A Closet In Your Garage

Cut the top.

Building a closet in your garage.

And chalk a line. This closet is a basic shape and not very big so it made a lot of sense. You can easily add on to the existing structure of your home by building up rather than out. Then measure out 30 in.

It is preferable to avoid the hassle of re wiring so locate the room in an area with electrical access and an overhead light already installed. There are multiple benefits to adding a room above your garage. Prefab tornado shelters work well. The first step is to build a closet frame and fasten it to the surrounding walls.

Next you will trim the door opening and install the door s of your choice. No additional footprint debatably the biggest perk of opting for an above garage addition is that it doesn t increase a house s footprint. Use a stud finder to locate and mark the framing members where the new wall. So i had a closet and closet doors but now i needed a way to organize everything.

Since i had built the closet from scratch and the door no less i opted to buy closetmaid shelving. Measure the area intended for the enclosed room. Or buy a small metal storage container have it delivered roll it into your garage and bolt it to the floor from the inside so the entire thing can t be easily moved. Repeat for each inner shelf and the top.

Roll back the carpet and pry off the baseboard. Attach the side piece s to shelf from the outside to stabilize the unit. Screws cabinet bumpers construction grade 1x4 pine edge banding plastic coated particleboard melamine shelf supports. Screws 1 4 overlay hinges 3 in.

Lay out the closet walls. How to build a wall to wall closet with doors frame the walls for a new closet with doors. I debated back and forth about building custom inserts or buying ready made. Plan the room so that the two new walls join the garage s exterior walls at a stud.

Build a frame for each inner shelf to the size of the cut plywood shelves. Or you can build a room using cinder block and mortar.