Build A Closet In Garage

Locate the existing studs in the corner of the room which you wish to install the new closet space.

Build a closet in garage.

Cut the 2x4 studs to create a frame that is rectangular on all four sides with vertical support studs 18 inches apart. How to build a free standing closet building the closet base. Repeat for each inner shelf and the top. Bypass closet door track.

Use the height measurement of your closet wall. Use 3 inch nails two per stud to secure the frame. I decided i could just build them from scratch. So i thought i would film it for fun.

It was only after i was done that i had the idea for. Measure the desired area width and length of your free standing closet. Attach the side piece s to shelf from the outside to stabilize the unit. Build a frame for each inner shelf to the size of the cut plywood shelves.

Screws cabinet bumpers construction grade 1x4 pine edge banding plastic coated particleboard melamine shelf supports. Supplies needed to build the closet doors 7 1 6 select boards. Since this closet is in our basement and our basement ceilings are less than 8 feet normal off the shelf closet doors would not have worked or would have had to be modified. Screws 1 4 overlay hinges 3 in.

The reason the stud location is important is this is the location that you will center your new stud wall to so. The frame should reach from the floor to the ceiling. Build the frame for one of the two new walls for the enclosed room. Build each side wall of the closet on the floor.

This can be done. My wife wanted to build a closet in the garage for various things.