Lumber Rack over garage door

Great location! I recently added storage above

our garage door as well. Why waste the space I say, vertical is cheap it’s the horizontal the costs you!

-- Kelly, woodworker under construction

I love it …. Nice Job

Yup, I do the same thing. But keep an eye on it. Hardwoods are heavy.

Very cool idea! Is ‘unistrut’ something that could be found at one of the big box stores? TNX-

Ron

-- Ron, Eugene, OR, "Curiosity is a terrible thing to waste."

Ron;

If you Google “Unistrut distributor” you can find one in your area. Don’t think you will find it at the BB stores.

Good Luck.

-- Rick Gustafson - Lost Creek Ranch - Colorado County, Texas

Nice rack. Good use of the air space!!...........Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Ron- Yes I did get the unistrut at Lowes in 10 foot lengths. I think they also had 5 or 6 ft. Thanks Jim, never been told I had a nice rack before!

-- Tim, Myrtle Beach, DrTim@ONeillChiro.com- Just one more tool, that's all I need! :)

Thanks for the information. I have a Lowe’s very close to me I’ll check them out.

Ron

-- Ron, Eugene, OR, "Curiosity is a terrible thing to waste."

That is a very good idea for extra storage. One thing that would be worried about is the load transfer into the garage door header. Also the point loads on the trusses above. I am sure those trusses that you laged into are not loaded for those kind of point loads. So in turn those trusses and garage door header is going to deflect/ fail due to all the load.

I did consult my brother, who is a mechanical engineer, to ask him about the loads etc. that would be generated. He tweaked my design a little, suggesting 3/8” rod instead of 5/16”, and we discussed the point loads on the trusses, which is why I decided to “split” that load by spanning 2 trusses with the 2×4’s. which brings the load on each point down to about 500 lbs or less if I fully load the thing to 3,000 lbs. I’m certainly aware that I can’t just hang a car from my garage ceiling indefinitely, but I think that with some common sense and restraint it should be fine. I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on it for warping/pulling away, etc. Thanks for your thoughts on that. If I DO have a catastrophe, I’ll be certain to post as a warning to others!

-- Tim, Myrtle Beach, DrTim@ONeillChiro.com- Just one more tool, that's all I need! :)

great job on the homework and the execution. Hopefully if a catastrophe does occur you WILL be around to take pictures and not part of the picture…..LOL!

-- Drew -- "I cut it twice and it's still too short!"- Rock-n H Woodshop - Moore, OK

It is a nice wood rack, do you sit and watch the wood dry while admiring your work? I bet it is a pastime.

-- Tommy, ---- It's Never Crowded On the Extra Mile.