Looking For Home Ski Rack Advice

[andyzee]

Need a ski rack for the house, concrete walls in basement, Need to fit 8 pairs of skis, any suggestions?

 

[deadheadskier]

I'm sure you could attach a peg board to the wall on a simple frame made out of 2 x 4's. With that, there are probably peg board attachments that would hold the skis in place securely

 

[andyzee]

I'm sure you could attach a peg board to the wall on a simple frame made out of 2 x 4's. With that, there are probably peg board attachments that would hold the skis in place securely

Sure, there's lots of easy solutions. Just keep in mind that it's a concrete wall, so not sure how I would attach anything to the wall.

 

[ccskier]

Sure, there's lots of easy solutions. Just keep in mind that it's a concrete wall, so not sure how I would attach anything to the wall.

There are multiply ways to attach it. You have any friends who are contractors? If so, I ams sure that one of them has a Hilti gun. You can get a manual gun or triggered. It uses a .22 caliber charge and drives the nail into concrete. Two other methods would be to find a hammer drill to pre-drill holes for tapcon screws (the blue ones) or use a hammer for concrete nails.

 

[deadheadskier]

There are multiply ways to attach it. You have any friends who are contractors? If so, I ams sure that one of them has a Hilti gun. You can get a manual gun or triggered. It uses a .22 caliber charge and drives the nail into concrete. Two other methods would be to find a hammer drill to pre-drill holes for tapcon screws (the blue ones) or use a hammer for concrete nails.

what he said and the manual guns aren't too expensive, maybe $40? In my limited days of working construction, that was my favorite part of the job. Place the nail in the gun on one end, load the .22 caliber charge on the other, whack it with a hammer. BAM! nail driven securely into concrete.

Loud noises are cool

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

nothing better than shouting "fire in the hole" and pulling the trigger on a gun....makes working with concrete walls fun!!

 

[Mark_151]

Tapcon screws:


http://www.concretefasteners.com/an...w/index.aspx?gclid=CI_cvvODm5ECFRsRFQod7iCLOw


I re-did my bulkhead door frame with these and made a ski rack on one of the basement walls with 2x3's and wooden dowels. Then I made a little guide out of a section of 2x3 to guide the drill to get the angle of the dowels the same. The Tapcons work great, but be advised, you will go through lots of drill bits, so buy extras.

 

[ckofer]

I basically banned the Hilti type fasteners from our business. Rent, borrow or buy a hammer drill and use tapcons/and or drop-in anchors. The idea of hanging it from the framing above sounds valid too.

As far as the rack itself goes, I think you need a copy of SkyMall (you should take a trip to Utah) or check out this site http://www.cozywinters.com/storage/

Alternately, you can be a slob like me, put down a scrap of carpet and lean all the stuff into one corner.

 

[BeanoNYC]

Be sure to put a nice coat of storage wax on those edges so they don't rust in a moist basement.

 

[drjeff]

nothing better than shouting "fire in the hole" and pulling the trigger on a gun....makes working with concrete walls fun!!

If you're going to go the route of the concrete gun, from personal experience with using 1 in a basement there are 2 things you should do prior to swinging the hammer and setting off the charge.

#1 WEAR EAR PROTECTION

#2 Warn the wife what you're about to do

 

[andyzee]

If you're going to go the route of the concrete gun, from personal experience with using 1 in a basement there are 2 things you should do prior to swinging the hammer and setting off the charge.

#1 WEAR EAR PROTECTION

#2 Warn the wife what you're about to do

Count fingers before and after :lol:

 

[wa-loaf]

This isn't in a concrete wall (follow the previous advice for mounting), but I just took an old 2x4 and picked up some 1/2 inch dowels drilled holes and glued the dowels in. Mounted the whole thing on the beam in the basement. I did have to experiment a little with spacing (closer is better) or it puts too much pressure on the tips.

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[jack97]

This isn't in a concrete wall (follow the previous advice for mounting), but I just took an old 2x4 and picked up some 1/2 inch dowels drilled holes and glued the dowels in. Mounted the whole thing on the beam in the basement. I did have to experiment a little with spacing (closer is better) or it puts too much pressure on the tips.

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Funny.... my wife was thinking about the attaching it the concrete wall and I was wussing out b/c of the extra work. I was thinking about doing the same as above but with a crossbeam. Got to ok it with her first.

 

[andyzee]

This isn't in a concrete wall (follow the previous advice for mounting), but I just took an old 2x4 and picked up some 1/2 inch dowels drilled holes and glued the dowels in. Mounted the whole thing on the beam in the basement. I did have to experiment a little with spacing (closer is better) or it puts too much pressure on the tips.

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I like, I'm moving, so I have to see if there are beams int he basement. I imagine there has to be, thanks.

 

[madman]

I took some 1/2" ply wood 4"x 12" x 4 pieces, drilled a hole about 2" up from one end and ran a piece of 3/4" black pipe X 2 pieces 6' long through the holes. Then I screwed the plywood straight down from the joists and just reach up and store the skis flat along the ceiling. You can get a lot of skis and poles in a 6' span ,of course you can make it as long as you need plus you can walk right under it they are totaly out of the way

 

[mlctvt]

This isn't in a concrete wall (follow the previous advice for mounting), but I just took an old 2x4 and picked up some 1/2 inch dowels drilled holes and glued the dowels in. Mounted the whole thing on the beam in the basement. I did have to experiment a little with spacing (closer is better) or it puts too much pressure on the tips.

[/IMG]

This is exactly what I did in my basement at home too. Works well for both my alpine and cross-coutry skis . I made a couple of small sections that hold 4 pair and put another single peg between each pair to hold the poles. This rack is also easy to move if you want to move it to another location in the future.

 

[Marc]

Step 1 - drill holes.

Step 2 - insert shaped charges.

Step 3 - detonate.

Wall = no more problem.

 

[andyzee]

Step 1 - Take Marcs head, drill holes.

Step 2 - insert shaped charges.

Step 3 - detonate.

Marc = no more problem

 

[Marc]

Don't hate me because of my genius.

 

[andyzee]

Don't hate me because of my genius.

Nope, don't think that's it.