Thread: Garage roof storage Brains trust question

you need.. (and theres lots of bits missed as this is just an outline. little things like, before you drill your holes go up into the roof and work out where the trusses are so you can drill adjacent to the beam.

a metal bed frame
4x pullies
4x eyebolts long enough to pass through your ceiling panels
4x braces to span your roof trusses
a length 20mm metal tube longer than the bedframe is wide
a length of rod (about 6mm(
mount bearings for the rod.
a drill and suitable bit
some eye or hook bolts to act as guides for the rope (pullies work better but Im tight was a key descriptior)
some good rope

with the bed frame supported in 4 spots on the long side at your desired at rest height

attach the mount bearings to the length of tube and attach that across the center of te bed on the underside
attach the 4 pullies to the side of the frame positioned so the rope can pass from the rod on the under side of the bed and exit straight upwards
drill 4 holes in the rod inside the bed frame 2 each side, near the frame
cut your rope into 4 lengths long enough to go from the tube in the middle of the frame to the corner and up to the roof +1m
position your guide hooks and thread the rope through the pullies and the guides and attach one rope per corner to the nearest corresponding hole in the bed frame.
mark and drill 4 holes in the roof that line up with the corners of the bedframe where the rope will attach.
climb up in the roof and secure above the base of the truss a brace that bridges 2 trusses and passes over the hole. one per hole
screw your eyebolts in through the holes and the brace.
tie the ropes to the corresponding eyebolt
adjust the lines so the tension is equal on all 4 legs
drill one more hole in the tube oustide the bedframe
insert and secure the lenght of rod.

to raise and lower wind the tube like a crank handle.
to secure tie a lenght of rope to the bedframe at a position where the rod handle of the tube passes. tie an eye in the rope and loop it over the rod handle.



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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Looking for a movable attic, storage for boxes, ladder, bikes and that important stuff I don't wish to throw away.

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Looking for a smart way for DYI as I am tight

Just after I built my shed(back in Coburg) I had the same idea. To use one of the corners of the ceiling as a movable storage platform.

Electric winch (from Bunnings cost less than $100), stainless cables, rollers(not eyes, for me), 50x2mm angle (already got the welder), 1200x2400 F14 formply.
All up was going to cost me $300, maybe $350 with some additional 'unexpected' hardware or something like that.

Mesh would have been better than formply but I couldn't easily find a supplier in my area. Bunnings was a min from my old place.

Originally Posted by AK83

Just after I built my shed(back in Coburg) I had the same idea. To use one of the corners of the ceiling as a movable storage platform.

Electric winch (from Bunnings cost less than $100), stainless cables, rollers(not eyes, for me), 50x2mm angle (already got the welder), 1200x2400 F14 formply.
All up was going to cost me $300, maybe $350 with some additional 'unexpected' hardware or something like that.

Mesh would have been better than formply but I couldn't easily find a supplier in my area. Bunnings was a min from my old place.

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