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Door travel checked first
The open door position and the opener are measured before anything is hung, since that is where the usable ceiling actually starts.
Garage cabinets
Overhead garage storage in Louisville has to clear two things, which are the garage door in its open position and the roof of whatever parks underneath.
Overhead garage storage in Louisville covers ceiling-mounted platforms or racks, the fixings into the joists, and where needed a built cabinet run at high level along a wall.
Placement is most of the work. The door track, the opener and the door in its open position all occupy the ceiling, and the usable area is whatever those leave.
Vehicle height is the other limit. What parks underneath sets how far anything can drop from the ceiling.
The open door position and the opener are measured before anything is hung, since that is where the usable ceiling actually starts.
Everything is carried by the structural timbers, located and fixed properly rather than screwed into the ceiling board.
Capacity is worked out for what you are storing, because ceiling storage failing is a different kind of problem from a shelf sagging.
Each stage is signed off before the next one starts.
We measure the room itself rather than working from the plan, because walls are rarely square and the plan is rarely what got built. Every opening gets checked.
You get a layout and a written estimate broken down by stage, so you can see what the doors cost against the boxes against the install. Free, nothing to sign.
Cabinetry is built to the measurements we took, in the wood, door style and finish you picked. Lead time depends on the scope and we tell you before you commit.
Scribed to the walls, levelled, and fixed properly. Hardware adjusted so every door and drawer sits straight before we leave.
The open door decides where the usable ceiling starts.
Anyone storing seasonal things on the floor. Holiday decorations, camping gear and luggage all get used rarely, and floor space is the most valuable storage a garage has.
It also suits garages that are already fitted out at wall level. Once the walls are full, the ceiling is the only space left, and in most garages it is completely unused.
Detached garages are the easy case. Without an opener rail crossing the ceiling there is far more usable area, and the fixings are usually straightforward.
We measure the ceiling height, find the joists and their direction, and check where the door sits when open along with the opener and its rail.
Then load capacity gets worked out for what is going up there. Fixings go into structural timber, since the consequences of ceiling storage coming down are worse than a shelf giving way.
Everything is fitted to leave the door travel clear and to keep enough headroom for the vehicle underneath.
This is usually the least expensive storage per cubic foot in the garage, because it is structure and platform rather than finished cabinetry with doors and drawers.
Access is the variable. Simple platforms reached with a ladder are the low end, and enclosed high-level cabinets or anything with a mechanism costs more.
Ceiling height changes what is possible more than it changes price. A garage with nine feet of clear height takes a deep platform easily, and one at eight feet leaves very little once the door and the car are allowed for.
Anything used weekly should not be over your head. Tools, paint and equipment belong at wall and base level, which is garage cabinets in Louisville.
If you need somewhere to work as well, garage workbenches covers the bench and the tool storage around it. The same shop builds mudroom cabinets in Louisville, and we work across the metro including cabinets in Jeffersontown.
Get a free written estimate and we will measure your Louisville garage ceiling before quoting.
That is the first thing measured. A sectional door travels back along the ceiling when it opens, and the track and opener occupy the obvious storage position.
It is worked out for what you are storing and fixed into the joists, not into the ceiling board. Ceiling storage failing is a different kind of problem from a shelf sagging.
Whatever leaves headroom for the vehicle underneath. In an eight foot garage there is very little left once the door and the car are allowed for.
Considerably. Without an opener rail crossing the ceiling there is far more usable area and the fixings are usually straightforward.
We stay inside about 20 miles of Louisville, close enough to measure, template and install without the schedule slipping. These are the areas we cover most often.
Tell us the room and what you want out of it. You get a written estimate broken down by stage, free, with nothing to sign.