Modifications to inbuilt garage storage

[CSParnell]

 

I had a requirement to relocate the chest freezer due to a new car coming in that is longer than the current one and where there the chest freezer was located it would be in the way so......

To move the freezer I had to move the fridge and to move the fridge I had to cut down the inbuilt shelves in the garage so let me take you through the process.

Time approx 4hrs to 6hrs.

Tools.

Pencil

Tape measure 

Straight edge

Set square 

Jig saw and or circular saw or hand saw.

Battery drill with #2 Phillips, 16mm speed bore or spade bit, 5mm drill bit

First thing you want to do is measure the width of your fridge and then also measure the underside of your existing shelf to the floor and also the next shelf up, if the underside of shelf to floor is larger than fridge than this is the measurement we are going with that way we can use the off cut as the side walls.

Next with your jigsaw or circ saw or hand saw we want to place that against the vertical wall and mark the blade that way we can measure and mark a straight line off the vertical.

 

  

With your set square mark the face so you get a straight vertical line.

Next you want to measure from your pencil line out to your measurement that was under shelf to floor in my situation it was 600mm, do that at the front and back then rule the line.

After that grab your straight edge, now you can either use clamps or screws for the next step.

Place your jigsaw or circsaw blade on the line then place your straight edge against the edge of your tool and then clamp it or put a screw on the outer side front and back to stop it moving out.

 

Then you simply cut along the guide and finish any cuts off with a hand saw or jigsaw.

For the back you can use a circ saw and drop the blade in meaning you have to place the edge against the wall, hold the safety catch up slightly, start the blade and slowly drop it into the timber but you do this 1/4 way along the line the you can continue the cut. The other option  is make 2 x holes with a spade bit or speed bore in the corners of each cut and then use a jig saw to cut along the back.

 

 

 

Once notched out I slid the piece under and with a triangle square made sure I was at right angles and pre drilled and screwed the front, for the rear I measured and cut some short lengths of pine and pre drilled and screwed off.

I repeated for the top.

The shelf remained its strength and with a tidy up I did loose much space at all.

I also added some shelves for all the tech gear.

  

Most importantly beer in the fridge.

[EricL]

Hi @CSParnell

Thanks for sharing your garage storage project. That fridge fits in perfectly and the modified shelves look great.

Eric

[Remarka6le]

Love the work, has it had an impact on what was previously stored on those shelves or can everything still fit? 

[CSParnell]

Because it was so unorganised previously everything still fitted with exception to some tiles that I moved to a shed out the back.

[MikeTNZ]

Hi @CSParnell,

Thanks for this, I like the idea of the two screws to hold down the spirit level as a straight edge.

And to be fair, who doesn't have a "tech area" that looks like that with all the curly cords and what-not.

At least you left the best to last, beer in the fridge.

Cheers,

Mike T.

[CSParnell]

 sorry my car is in the way but that's it all packed in again

[CSParnell]

I have had a 19 inch wall mount Data rack in one of my houses in the past with patch panels and cable minders and it was purely because I recovered from a shop fittout at the time so it cost me nothing but these days that's as good as it gets 😉

[CSParnell]

These may he a little excessive for a few bits of data gear but make great storage for the shed being 1/2 depth.