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Above garage storage - DIY advice req'd !

peterwynne · 2008-07-21 12:18:56

We have a high ceiling in our garage, we'd like to construct a storage area above for odds and ends - the things that mean we can't park a car in our garage :) I was reckoning on using heavy duty bolts into the concrete block walls - through 100mm wooden brackets, the length of each wall. Then use large timbers across the…

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jennifernil Posts: 5,831 Forumite

21 July 2008 at 5:50PM

They expand when you screw in the bolt. Be sure to get the type I said, with the removable nut. Drill the hole deep enough for the body. You can , if you want, cut off some of the bolt if it sticks out too much once you have fitted the timber bearers, or joist hangers if you use them. BTW....Timber bearers should go with the 4" as the height.

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