Creative storage ideas for a roof box!

ChilliBob

Guys, I'm sure this is a problem a few of you have, however, to cart all our toot/possessions to holidays now we need a roof box. A humongous 510 roof box to be precise...

This takes up quite a bit of space in our garden room/shed/outbuilding/summerhouse whatever you prefer..

I'm trying to think of creative ways to basically not have it just in the way for 99% of the year!

Dimensions below. Attaching to the ceiling isn't an option as its already a fairly low height room. 

Ideas I had but sort of rejected were making a wooden frame around it and putting a worktop on top - kitchen cupboard carcass type idea.. I think it'll be too high thought.. 

So yeah if anyone has interesting ideas let me know! 

Dimensions (L x W x H):

Max. external: 200 x 90 x 44 cm

born_again

I built a U shaped storage area in garage & ours goes on top, out of the way, but still gives lots of storage space. Then we Keep roof bars etc in roofbox.

CliveOfIndia

Any chance of storing it on the roof of the shed/whatever?  Might take a bit of ingenuity, but I'm thinking something along the lines of attaching some battens to the roof to stop it sliding off (assuming the roof is sloping), then a couple of straps/ropes/whatever to secure it so that it won't get blown off in high winds.

Might be a daft idea, but just thinking outside of the box ( pun intended )

casper_gutman

Ours just stands on the floor in a corner of the garage. My parents store one on a wall. They stand one edge on a shelf then tilt it up against the wall, and hold it there with a strap connected to eye bolts screwed into the wall.

I've seen advice from sellers that boxes should be kept flat, but standing them on edge has never caused any problems for any of us.

FreeBear

ChilliBob said: Ideas I had but sort of rejected were making a wooden frame around it and putting a worktop on top - kitchen cupboard carcass type idea.. I think it'll be too high thought..

A bench in the garden would be handy for potting & stuff - If you make it ~1m high, and ~500mm deep, the roof box should slide under on its side. Yes, a 1m high worktop is a tad on the high side for most people, but not excessively so. Just use pressure treated timber throughout and don't be tempted to use a laminate kitchen worktop - It will fall to bits very quickly.

ChilliBob

FreeBear said:

ChilliBob said: Ideas I had but sort of rejected were making a wooden frame around it and putting a worktop on top - kitchen cupboard carcass type idea.. I think it'll be too high thought..

A bench in the garden would be handy for potting & stuff - If you make it ~1m high, and ~500mm deep, the roof box should slide under on its side. Yes, a 1m high worktop is a tad on the high side for most people, but not excessively so. Just use pressure treated timber throughout and don't be tempted to use a laminate kitchen worktop - It will fall to bits very quickly.

Yeah height wise it's okay, just, I think it'd probably be used for storage tbh. This would be inside, so why not laminate?

Outside yeah, that would be a disaster waiting to happen. Aparantly my grandad once bult a shed from chipboard..why I have no clue, needless to say it didn't last long lol

ChilliBob

casper_gutman said:

Ours just stands on the floor in a corner of the garage. My parents store one on a wall. They stand one edge on a shelf then tilt it up against the wall, and hold it there with a strap connected to eye bolts screwed into the wall.

I've seen advice from sellers that boxes should be kept flat, but standing them on edge has never caused any problems for any of us.

Yeah, ours is stored on edge in the original (huge!) box. It's a bit too deep to be able to usefully store it flat really

ChilliBob

CliveOfIndia said:

Any chance of storing it on the roof of the shed/whatever?  Might take a bit of ingenuity, but I'm thinking something along the lines of attaching some battens to the roof to stop it sliding off (assuming the roof is sloping), then a couple of straps/ropes/whatever to secure it so that it won't get blown off in high winds.

Might be a daft idea, but just thinking outside of the box ( pun intended )

Definitely outside the box. I think my wife would go mental - it'd look a bit of an eyesore in the only place we could get to it! 

ChilliBob

Was thinking a kitchen cupboard either side and a worktop on top, so, if cupboards were 50cm then it'd just fit a 3m worktop.. 

FreeBear

Or go with a pair of 400mm units. Although, a 2m span of worktop is going to need some additional bracing.

ChilliBob

FreeBear said:

Or go with a pair of 400mm units. Although, a 2m span of worktop is going to need some additional bracing.

A few options spring to mind but breakfast bar legs are an easy one perhaps?.. All sitting on 20mm (outdoor but indoor!) tiles. Don't really want to attach to the walls, all will be plasterboarded and insulated. I guess I could make measurements of where the studs are as they go in - probably a good idea anyway!