Cheap HyLoft 45-by-45-Inch Overhead Storage System #00540 (Home Improvement) Price

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This is a great storage idea for the garage
After seeing these on Amazon for a number of months I finally took the plung and picked up two of them. I am very pleased with how well they work and the quality of the construction. <
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>These are not the easiest things to install in the world, but if you follow the instructions it goes up as advertised and does the trick. The design is also fairly forgiving if you don't square up your anchors perfectly. <
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>A must have for people who want to store things in the garage and still have room to park your car.

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Great storage solution
I've installed six of these Hyloft overhead shelves already and I think they're great. They gave me a lot of storage space in areas of my garage which would have never been used anyway. <
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>Here are some installation tips that I picked up along the way. <
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>Key items to have before starting: <
>- good stud finder <
>- corded or powerful cordless drill (my old 9.6V cordless drill was too weak) <
>- 7/16" Nutsetter (so that you can use your drill for the large lag screws) <
>- small 7/64" drill bit and 4 wood screws (instead of sinker nails) <
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>Installation tips: <
>- use a good stud finder to find the joists. Then plan which joists should be used and how far away from the garage wall to place the shelves. I put some 1.5' away from the wall so that I could access both sides of the shelves. I put some others about 0.5' from the wall so that I could use the extra space as "overflow" for large boxes and also so that I could clean behind the shelves. <
>- Important: instead of using the provided sinker nails and trying to pound them above your head while not hitting the bracket, drill a hole first to make sure a joist is really there (stud finders can be misleading) and that no nail plate or other obstacle is there just beyond the drywall. Then use wood screws instead of the provided sinker nails. Don't drill in any of the large lag screws until you've confirmed placement for all four brackets. Trust me, this will save you a lot of frustration. <
>- if joining two shelves together, use the included plastic tie straps to join the shelves between the two units before fastening the shelves among the same unit (with the small screws). <
>- fasten all screws loosely (except the ones for the brackets) until everything is assembled and fitting together nicely, then tighten them. <
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>The hardest part of the installation by far is determining the locations for the brackets and installing them. I would allocate about 2-3 hours from opening the box, completing the installation, to cleaning up. <
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>One other thing to keep in mind is that there are different colors for the shelves. Some stores sell the white ones, while others sell the black/gray ones. Keep this in mind if you want your shelves to be color coordinated. <
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>Hope that helps.

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Very Good Product and Easy to Install
After reading other reviews, I had to try this. Our house has not attic to speak of, has huge bonus room(media room) where attic would be. So, space to store stuff is a premium. Since I have 10 foot ceilings in the garage, I thought this would be a great solution. Also, I had already put wired shelving around all the walls in the garage for storage, so this would fit in perfectly. Installation was about an hour. Ordered 2 of these and putting up the second was much faster. Planning on ordering another 2 when they go on sale for $50 again. Very, very pleased with this and quality was more than I expected.