Building A Closet In Your Garage

This closet is a basic shape and not very big so it made a lot of sense.

Building a closet in your garage.

Finally you will hang the closet rods or customize the interior with rods shelving drawers and any other accessories you desire. Measure the area intended for the enclosed room. Plan the room so that the two new walls join the garage s exterior walls at a stud. Attach the first shelf to the wall with a screw gun at the desired height making sure there s enough room for storing your items.

Use a stud finder to locate and mark the framing members where the new wall. Next you will trim the door opening and install the door s of your choice. Since i had built the closet from scratch and the door no less i opted to buy closetmaid shelving. Roll back the carpet and pry off the baseboard.

Repeat for each inner shelf and the top. Here are some of the top decision influencers. How to build a wall to wall closet with doors frame the walls for a new closet with doors. Cut the top.

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

I debated back and forth about building custom inserts or buying ready made. Then measure out 30 in. Lay out the closet walls. No additional footprint debatably the biggest perk of opting for an above garage addition is that it doesn t increase a house s footprint.

There are multiple benefits to adding a room above your garage. Screws 1 4 overlay hinges 3 in. Screws cabinet bumpers construction grade 1x4 pine edge banding plastic coated particleboard melamine shelf supports. And chalk a line.

So i had a closet and closet doors but now i needed a way to organize everything. 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.