Plywood For Garage Shelves

1 is an overhead storage blueprint.

Plywood for garage shelves.

Materials needed for diy garage shelves. There are some interesting options on this list. And 16 is an ultra big unit for massive storage space. We assembled a list of 16 garage shelving plans below.

Plywood for shelves should be 3 4 inch thick or thicker. Plywood is also classified as exterior exposure 1 exposure 2 and interior. Standard sheets of plywood come in 1 4 inch 3 8 inch 1 2 inch 5 8 inch and 3 4 inch thicknesses. We use 1 2 plywood for the 16 width shelving perhaps go up to 5 8 or 3 4 if you do 24 wide shelving or have especially heavy loads destined for these shelves.

Thinner sheets of plywood can be glued together laminated to make a thicker panel for cutting sturdier shelves. Plywood panels over 3 4 inch in thickness are usually special order products. There are a few plywood grading systems out there but most of them follow an a d classification with a being the best. You can t even buy a set of plastic shelves for the price of these sturdy 2 4 garage shelves.

14 is a modern looking simple design. If you re looking to clean up your garage clutter installing some diy shelving can be a quick win. For one set of 4 foot long shelves. The type of plywood you choose will depend on economics how much exposure to the elements the wood will get and whether looks are important to you.

You can build your own garage shelves from scrap 2 x 4s and plywood ones that will hold all of your tool cases.