Building A Closet In Your Garage

Roll back the carpet and pry off the baseboard.

Building a closet in your garage.

Next you will trim the door opening and install the door s of your choice. Finally you will hang the closet rods or customize the interior with rods shelving drawers and any other accessories you desire. So i had a closet and closet doors but now i needed a way to organize everything. There are multiple benefits to adding a room above your garage.

No additional footprint debatably the biggest perk of opting for an above garage addition is that it doesn t increase a house s footprint. Here are some of the top decision influencers. The first step is to build a closet frame and fasten it to the surrounding walls. You can easily add on to the existing structure of your home by building up rather than out.

Build a frame for each inner shelf to the size of the cut plywood shelves. 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. This closet is a basic shape and not very big so it made a lot of sense. 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.

Then measure out 30 in. How to build a wall to wall closet with doors frame the walls for a new closet with doors. Measure the area intended for the enclosed room. Cut the top.

Use a stud finder to locate and mark the framing members where the new wall. Lay out the closet walls. I debated back and forth about building custom inserts or buying ready made. Repeat for each inner shelf and the top.

Or you can build a room using cinder block and mortar. Prefab tornado shelters work well. Attach the side piece s to shelf from the outside to stabilize the unit. 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.

Since i had built the closet from scratch and the door no less i opted to buy closetmaid shelving. And chalk a line.