Metal racks for the garage: the pros and cons of designs

For most city residents, the garage has long ceased to be a place where a car stands alone waiting for the next trip. Very often, in addition to tools, accessories for cars and other necessary things for a four-wheeled friend, those items for which space in the walls of the home house has ceased to be moved to this room.

However, the indiscriminate accumulation of different things often leads to the fact that finding something necessary becomes an impossible task. Therefore, to remove the possibility of chaos, metal racks are used for the garage, ensuring accurate and careful storage of things.

Racks made of metal are considered the best design solution for the use of free space in the garage. These products are durable, can withstand heavy loads, while the lungs themselves, due to which they can be easily moved from one place to another.

The great advantage of metal shelving is their ease of assembly. This feature allows you to save time, and sometimes money, because such a mechanism can be assembled with your own hands, without calling experienced assemblers for help. It is also convenient that you can adjust the height of the shelves, and in some models, and change the distance between them. With this functionality, the process of placing and storing things is greatly facilitated.

Another advantage of the systems for the garage of metal - a long service life. The posts made of high-quality steel, covered with a protective layer of dye, are not afraid of elevated humidity values, temperature fluctuations and exposure to chemical reagents or other means that are used in car care and repair. Shelves will serve for many years, even if there is no heating in the garage, and fierce winter rages behind the wall.

But the advantages of metal shelving do not end there.

• Practicality. On these racks you can place objects of different shapes, weights and designs, and what is very important - everything that stands on the shelves can be easily reached.
• Increased technical and operational characteristics. In addition to durability, resistance to weather conditions, mechanical and physical stress, the racks are distinguished by environmental friendliness and fire safety.
• Versatility. In many models of shelving there is an opportunity to increase / decrease shelves, to make them solid or separate.
• Compactness. Thanks to metal racks, space in the garage is significantly saved - the usable area becomes larger.
• Attractive design. If you paint it with paint or cover the rack with any other material, you can use this product in trade premises or various exhibitions as a showcase.

Thanks to these advantages, you can store all the most important car maintenance tools and accessories in the garage, as well as various items that have become cramped in the house (for example, canning for the winter).

Metal racks usually have at least two tiers, the task of each of them to store a certain type of products: car tires, wheels, tires, tools for repair. As a rule, tires should be stored in a special way so that their lifespan is as long as possible: tires without discs need to be kept in a horizontal position, and with discs in a vertical position.

Despite the obvious advantages of metal shelving, they also have their disadvantages.

First of all it is about the fact that such furniture does not tolerate improper installation, and also does not accept experiments with the form. The design of the rack is designed to hold a lot of weight, its incorrect installation can put the unit out of action and, possibly, even break, and the load itself may suffer.

Such designs may cause unforeseen situations, and damage to the goods in this case may not be the worst option. Sometimes the racks created in violation of the technical characteristics and not installed according to the rules fall, destroying everything around, and in the worst case they can even pin down a person.

To date, there is a wide variety of designs racks for installation in garages. Metal racks are considered the most convenient and functional. They can be assembled in a few minutes, just as quickly dismantled, moved and transported. In addition, collapsible designs can be easily adapted to the floor space by adding or removing additional / extra modules.

In areas where there are large (cargo) cars, it is better to install a cargo type of shelving. Each shelf of this product can withstand loads up to 500 kg. This type of metal furniture is made of beams, pillars and traverses that are connected to each other by hooks - no bolts are used in this version of the products. Metal or plastic bases are installed below. Such collapsible structures are very reliable and durable.

If the racks are installed to store a small number of items, then you can choose the ceiling type of design. Each shelf of such a product can hold a weight of no more than 120 kg, which is enough to store tools and manual parts.Meanwhile, some firms produce ceiling racks with a much higher carrying capacity. Such units can be equipped with partitions, doors, containers, brackets and other auxiliary elements.

Such types of metal storage devices, such as wall-mounted or floor shelves, are also popular with motorists. The first models are attached directly to the wall, hence another name - wall. As a rule, such racks understand. They are easy enough to dismantle, if there is such a need, and then just as easy to fix back. Easy and easy installation of such products is their undeniable advantage.

There are certain rules for mounting wall structures, due to which various possible inconveniences can be avoided. Mounted racks is fixed exclusively on the bearing wall or on the surface with high strength. If you ignore this point, the rack can not withstand the load, fall, making a terrible mess in the garage, damage something or permanently ruin.

The important point that distinguishes the wall racks from other models is their inability to hold large loads. This means that heavy boxes and items with a large mass can not be laid out on the upper tiers. For many consumers, this factor is negative and can be decisive in choosing a product.

Before buying a metal rack for use in the garage, you need to consider some factors.

• First you need to decide what items will be stored on the shelves, what are their size and weight. It is important to take into account the material design of the rack, its parameters, the method of fixation and installation. Pay attention to the shelves: there should be no visible defects on the product.
• Installation site also plays an important role. The best option is the area most distant from the door of the garage. With such a placement, the motorist will be able to clearly see the zone of entry into the premises.
• Modern manufacturers produce racks of different materials (plastic, wood), but the most optimal and rational option is metal.

How to make a metal rack with your own hands from a square profile, see the following video.