Your garage may seem like it is organized, however odds are there is still plenty of room for improvement.

The reason why could be many–you don’t have too many things to store so conserving space has never been an issue; or you already have a storage unit for the big stuff.  But we have found in dealing with our clients that most garages really aren’t well thought-out when trying to maximize storage space. Since there usually is an abundance of space, no one really thinks about if they are making the most use of that space–let alone think of ways to maximize it by using some serious shelving.

Take this case in particular…

What do you do when your garage is barely big enough for your car, let alone some of the items you need to store in it?  This is what many of our clients who also own condos and townhomes discover when their garage is usually little more than a place to put your car.  They need to maximize the little amount of space they do have!

And these are the solutions the folks at BuyMetalShelving.com can offer…

“I’ve got a bit of an unusual problem,” said Philip Cook.  “What I needed was a storage system that could get all of my boxes to the sides and then stack them, and not have them slowly compress upon one another as they sat upon each other.”

Philip just purchased a condo, and his garage is only wide enough to put a car inside–not much else as you can see.  He had a few cheap (and we mean the literal definition of that term; “cheap”) white wood shelving units.  These were actually made of particle board and after holding such minor things like quarts of oil and other tools, these shelving units began to sag and eventually fall apart since they are ‘cheap.’

“Those things just sucked.” said Philip.  “I never really loaded them up too heavy, but still after a few months I noticed that they were like an old horse with a bowed back.  Eventually the shelving units actually began to break and fall apart–I’d come out and see all of my stuff on the floor, because the shelving had literally  broke in the support points.”

As you can see, the bases of the particle board shelves simply broke away under the mnior weight, rendering the shelving unit nearly useless.  So he came to us looking for a better solution.

“I went to Lowes and Home Depot, but even then they didn’t have the right width I needed, which was not the standard 12″ or 24″ deep choices which were the only options they offered.  I needed something in between,” he said.

The problem was that on one side of this mini garage, there was only room for a shelving unit that was 18″ in order to maximize the full space.  This was the space that also had to be out of the way of the garage door rail/guide.

Philip called and told us what the concerns were and the measurements that would work.  The sales reps at BuyMetalShelving.com checked their inventory and found they actually had some great used double rivet shelving ideas whose dimensions would work perfectly.

Yes, it was a bit of an overkill; since the double rivet shelving idea was rated to hold several hundreds of pounds, and not just a few quarts of oil and empty boxes–this stuff would be able to withstand and support anything that Philip would need to put onto it; from heavy engine parts to any type of camping gear which would most likely find a new home there.

Our client able to set up two 6′ long and 18″ deep sets of double rivet boltless shelving on the side of the garage that would not impede or hinder his car from entering into the garage.  He also noticed that at the back of the garage there was enough room (with his car pulled in all the way) to add a 24″ deep unit that was 8′ long that added even more space for heavy storage.

“It was great to call in and have them tell me all the different sizes they had,” Philip said.  “And the fact they had it in used saved me even more money and I got exactly what I needed to help me save space and know that these shelving solutions and all that was being stored on them, wouldn’t one day wind up against or on my car.”

If you look close, you can see that these boltless shelving ideas that he bought from BuyMetalShelving.com were nearly the same depth as the flimsy particle board shelving that was previously in the garage.

So if you are in this very same predicament in your townhouse or condo’s limited garage space, then please by all means give us a call so we can help you organize that space.  If you have a full sized garage and need some shelving ideas, call us and odds are we can give you some ideas that you had not thought of before.  CLICK HERE