Plywood For Garage Shelves

For one set of 4 foot long shelves.

Plywood for garage shelves.

We assembled a list of 16 garage shelving plans below. 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. We ripped plywood into 15 3 4 strips so it would fit easily inside the shelves and also accounts for the saw blade width and layed the plywood on the shelving. Plywood for shelves should be 3 4 inch thick or thicker.

Materials needed for diy garage shelves. If you re looking to clean up your garage clutter installing some diy shelving can be a quick win. There are some interesting options on this list. You can use plywood instead and make them fancy with edge banding but it will cost you.

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. Garage storage and shelving solutions are abundant but the prices can be shocking. 14 is a modern looking simple design. You can build your own garage shelves from scrap 2 x 4s and plywood ones that will hold all of your tool cases.

Standard sheets of plywood come in 1 4 inch 3 8 inch 1 2 inch 5 8 inch and 3 4 inch thicknesses. And 16 is an ultra big unit for massive storage space. You can t even buy a set of plastic shelves for the price of these sturdy 2 4 garage shelves. Thinner sheets of plywood can be glued together laminated to make a thicker panel for cutting sturdier shelves.

Plywood is also classified as exterior exposure 1 exposure 2 and interior.