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Today we will know how to build these overhead storage shelves with sliding doors. So if you’re, looking to improve storage and your woodshop or garage stay tuned and we’ll show you exactly how for each eight-foot long but three-foot-wide shelving unit. 

I used approximately ten two-by-fours, two, two by sixes one sheet of half-inch plywood in one sheet of quarter-inch plywood, all of which you can get at any big-box store. That is local to you. Whenever I’m using dimensional two-by-fours, I like to run them through my planner for a few passes on each edge to take off the rounded edges. 

This isn’t needed, but it’s. Something I like to do for a more finished look using my table saw I went ahead and cut one half of an inch off the width of two 2×4 and then set them aside for later then I lowered my blade to half of an inch High and set my fence at a quarter of an inch from the blade. 

Next, I cut a groove down one edge of two 2×4 and then place the opposite face against the fence and cut a second groove on the same edge. These gears will be used for the sliding doors that will be installed later in the project before adjusting the fence.  

I went ahead and made the same cuts on a scrap piece of 2×4 to use as a test piece. I made slight adjustments with my fence until the groove was wide enough on the test piece for the quarter-inch plywood that I’ll be used for the sliding doors once my fence was set. 

I ran the two boards back through to widen each dado. Next, I measured the area above my garage door and decided that the bottom of the shelves needed to be at 29 inches from the ceiling. This will be so that the garage door will clear the bottom of the shelves as it’s opened. 

 If you’re building, your shelves for yourself, then remember you ‘ Ll have to get your own measurements and clearance for your garage door or whatever area you’re putting them in each ceiling can be higher or lower, depending on where you live, and what your area looks like. 

 I measured and made marks along the wall so that I knew where to line the bottom of my board. The good thing about using the area above the garage door is that there should be a header board running along the top edge of your door, and you will not have to search for studs to attach it to. 

 I use three-inch screws to attach one of the boards that are previously narrowed by half an inch at the table saw to the wall on lining the bottom of the board to the marks on the wall. I then started laying out my marks on the ceiling for my next board. 

 I measured the distance from the end of the board that I just attached to the wall to the nearest adjacent wall, and then I made a mark on the ceiling at the same distance. This will ensure that my board on the wall and the board on the ceiling will line up. 

 I then made marks in the ceiling three feet from the wall with a garage door, and I also made marks at each stud. I then aligned a 2×4 with my marks and attached it to the ceiling using three-inch screws [ Music ] over at the miter, saw I cut 429 inch long pieces from two by fours.

 The length of these boards should be the same measurement that you decided. Your shelves should be from the ceiling to the bottom of the shelf. These boards will be used as vertical supports. I used three-inch screws and attach two of these vertical support boards to the ends of the board that I just secured to the ceiling [ Music ].

 Next, I attached one of the boards with the data for the doors to the bottom of the vertical supports. After that, attach the second board, with the data at the top of the vertical supports, I attached one end and measured the distance from each board with the dedos before attaching the opposite in, I ensure that the boards were the same distance apart as the opposite side.

 This will ensure that the doors will slide equally and easily across the entire length of the shelf. I then attached two equally spaced vertical supports to the front and made sure that they were square to the horizontal boards, [ Music ].

 Next, I attach the second board that was previously narrowed. By half an inch at the table saw to the bottom of the board with the dedos I lined the bottoms of the board so that the half-inch difference in the two boards was at the top.

 This is so that the plywood for your floor will rest on top of this board. Once it’s installed, I measured the distance between the two bottom boards and cut four two by fours to that link. I cut half of an inch off two of the boards and drilled two pocket holes on each end of all four, I attached the narrow bores to the ends of the inside boards of the shelf, and the two others equally spaced in the center.

 I placed the two in the center flat with the pocket holes facing up so that they will be hidden after the plywood floor is installed. I measured from the wall to the inside of the bottom dado board to get the width for the floor, and I cut three quarters. 

 Inch plywood to size using my track saw this track saw, is really handy when it comes to breaking down large sheet goods, and if you’d like to check it out, I’ll put a link to it down in the description section below, as well as a link to all the other tools I used in this project anytime, you use those links, it supports the channel and I really appreciate it. 

 I slid the 3/4 inch plywood into place for the floor and screwed it down using two-inch screws. The floor should rest on top of the board attached to the wall and flush with the dado boards on the outside [ Music, ], [, Music ]. 

 I got the measurement for the width of the doors by measuring from the dado board to the dado board and adding three-quarters of an inch. A measure didn’t cut the doors to length so that they were long enough to fill the area between each vertical support and extend behind each one by a few inches on each side, I laid all three doors on top of each other and Drilled, a finger hole approximately three inches in from each side and Midway up having a finger hole on each side, made the doors match and make it possible to slough the doors to either the left or the right when opening or closing them. 

 Now you can slide your doors into place with the two outside doors in the outside dedos and the center door in the inside dado, a measure can cut a piece of 2×4 to attach between the wall and the ceiling board, depending on where your studs are located. 

 This board can be screwed directly to the ceiling or you can use a pocket hole. Screws like I did. This board is to act as a packer, so you can frame in each in I, didn’t, cut two more vertical pieces and attach them using my nail gun. 

 These are not for support, so screws are not necessary for the horizontal pieces. I used a two-by-six for the bottom piece so that it’s stood proud of the floor and gave me a lip to attach my quarter-inch plywood in the next step. 

 Once the end was framed up, I measured and cut a quarter-inch piece of plywood to cap the end from the inside. Once this was done, I moved over to the opposite end and framed it up as well. To give it a more finished. 

 Look I measured and cut two by sixes for the top area between the vertical supports and two by fours for the bottom. With the final trim pieces completed, these shelves are done and ready to be filled up.

 Alright, folks, I hope you enjoyed this build and if you did check this video out because I’m sure you’ll love it and if you have any questions, throw them down in the comment section below also, there will be a link in the description section to my website that’ll have a step-by-step tutorial for this as well. 

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This is about a garage door storage shelves and how to make them. Some of you may end up accumulating a bunch of crap, so you need to have a place to put it well.

 It’s quite obvious that not all living spaces or garages are created equal. So, before you go modifying anything be sure that the structure itself can actually handle the weight.

The way that this system will work, is there will be a 2×2 board on the wall at the height in which I want the shelves to be away from the ceiling. There will also be a 2×2 board along with the ceiling at the distance in which I want the shelves to extend away from the wall from the horizontal piece on the ceiling. Some vertical 2×4 will come down to another floating 2×2 piece, which will make the other side for these shelves to rest against, and then I’ll place plywood on top of both of those 2×2 boards.

As far as the 2×2 boards go, it’s much cheaper to buy a 2×4 and rip them right down the middle to get approximate 2×2 boards. I’ve got two 12 ft. boards and on the other side I’ve got two 8 ft. boards and then I’ll cut them to the approximate length according to the opening for my attic. Each shelf has three horizontal 2×2 and they all need to be the same length.

So, with one measure I can extend my mark to the other 2×2 boards. The shelf is actually a little too long for my miter saw station. So, I’ll cut that real quick by hand using a spacer board and a couple of scrap pieces of wood to locate where I want the shelf to be. The 2×2 board that will support the actual shelf will go on top of these two cleats.

These two cleats are here just to make the installation of the next board a lot easier. I’ll do this on both sides for both shelves while pieces are already installed, and luckily the ceiling will be even easier to install because the screws from the ceiling panels are clearly visible and the ceiling joists are running left-to-right.

With the vertical 2×4 is installed I can add the front horizontal 2×2 shelf support and to help me hold it up there while I secure it with the first couple screws, I’ve added a Koch piece of scrap wood to the bottom of a couple for the vertical supports.

At this point, all the hard work is done. I just need to cut some plywood shelves to their final size and secure them from the top with someone and a quarter-inch screws. So that was definitely one of those projects that require a little bit of manual labor but it was also definitely one of those projects that will be very beneficial in the long run.

This is otherwise wasted space that pretty much all of us with a garage has and don’t utilize.