Garage Tool Rack

In an effort to clean up the garage i decided to build a rack to hold tools, brooms, shovels, rakes and chairs.  By hanging them on the wall it would make room for other junk to go on the floor.  

When i first bought the house i did put some nails in the wall but they really didn't work that well.  So i looked at a bunch of different designs online for tool racks.  There were some fancy expensive ones that had individual clips for each tool.  But i figured that when it's the middle of winter and i just got done shoveling the snow i would just end up throwing the shovel against the wall, rather then finding the particular hook that went for that shovel.  I decided to go for something simpler.  So i went to Meijer and looked at the hooks and brackets that they sold.  They have me a ton of ideas. 

I was thinking of making some simple U-shaped brackets like this for things like brooms and shovels.  Then make L-shaped hooks for tools with handles.  

But then i got my best idea from their Lawn & Garden aisle.  Instead of having just 1 hook for 1 tool, i could stack multiple tools on top of each other.  

I was originally going to attach a 1"x4" piece of pine to the wall then use wood dowels as the hooks/runners.  But when i got downstairs i realized that i didn't have any wood dowels.  What i did have was metal conduit and lots of PVC pipe.  I thought the PVC would work great as long as i could glue it well enough to the wood and that it didn't snap off in the winter with lots of weight on it.  

So i decided on 3"4" PVC pipe then marked out layout that i wanted.  I kept it mostly symmetrical, alternating a single hook with a double runner.  I didn't take any pictures during the build process, so here it is after i attached it to the wall.

The glue i used actually didn't work, it wasn't strong enough and the PVC pipe sagged with any weight.  So i drilled a small hole at a downward angle through the back of the board into the pipe.  The cool part is that you cant see it from the front.  

 Also i used a stud-finder to locate the 2x4's behind the drywall in the garage.  Then i marked and drilled holes every 16".  A couple of the screws missed the studs so i had to redrill them, but eventually it was attached to the wall.

I like how it turned out.  Everything is up and out of the way.  Also it's easy to see everything.  Much better then a big pile of rakes and shovels on the ground.

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