Rubbermaid Garage Storage Solutions

If you are not a handy man and aren't big on building things from scratch, there are several products and brands that are available to you to help provide you with garage storage solutions. The Rubbermaid brand in particular offers a wide selection of products that can be used to help organize your garage and get the mess and junk up off of the floor. From organizational systems to cabinets, racks, hooks and storage units, there are a plethora of choices to suit whatever needs you may have to turn your garage into a functional storage unit that serves really as an extended part of the house. If you ever decide to sell your house in the future, having a well designed garage storage concept is going to do help you out a lot.

Rubbermaid offers a FastTrack System that at its core is rail based and can hold up to 1,750 pounds. What makes it nice is these are very easy to install and within a few minutes you can have the base of the system set up and in place. Made of heavy steel, these rails offer tremendous durability and can have a multitude of accessories attached to them for storing various sized items. The rails usually come in two lengths, either 48 or 84 inches and can be installed in either 16 inch of 24 inch wall studs.

There are many different types of hooks that can be added to the rails, including such things as a ladder hook, hose hook, vertical ball rack, horizontal bike rack or mesh basket. This is just a very small list of the potential add-ons to the rail system, but the possibilities are endless as almost everything in your garage you will find you are able to hang.

To install the system, you will need the following tools:

• Level
• Screw driver
• Drill
• Stud Finder
• Pencil

The rails are meant to be installed in drywall although it may be installed in brick or cement as well. Doing that though requires additional tools and materials that you will need to purchase and will not come with the system.

If you are looking for smaller rails, Rubbermaid also offers items like a FastTrack Multi-Purpose Kit which comes with 2 32” rails, two multi-purpose hooks and a hose hook. A FastTrack Tool Ki also comes with 2 32” rails but offers hooks for tools, including a power tool hook, two handle hooks, a utility hook and a multi-purpose hook. If you need additional garage storage and you have the room for it, there are alternatives for the Fast Track system like cabinets, wire shelves, sports equipment racks and mesh baskets.

Rubbermaid offers some great solutions to solving the garage storage dilemma that you may be facing. Whether you need a rail system, or a smaller sized kit or even some basic storage cabinets or shelving, they have a lot of options to fit your needs. You can find their products online at places like Target or Amazon or at your nearest hardware retailer.