Make a tool wall yourself
If you own a garden, you'll know all too well that a lot of junk will build up over time. But junk doesn't just mean useless stuff, but all sorts of things Aids, tools and machines that you as a hobby gardener and do-it-yourselfer use in your work and require. The construction of storage areas and sheds, which ideally are equipped with a tool wall, usually helps here. Machines such as lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, etc. need a dry storage location.
How to make a tool wall
There are tools that you usually use very often and which it is advisable to always have to hand quickly and without a long search. If this tool is now in a box or cupboard, constant rummaging and searching is necessary to get a specific device out in order to use it. A tool wall is a welcome and useful alternative here. You can quickly manufacture and assemble these yourself with a chipboard and nails or screws.
- A chipboard, which you can use as a wall or Get a flooring plate from a specialist retailer and attach it to the corresponding wall surface later or is ajar. Measure out the available area in your room exactly, so you can have the panel cut to size when you buy it, if required.
- Have you got your future tool wall, place it in front of you and lay out the tool on it that you want to hang here later. As with a puzzle, you can arrange the equipment in peace and test how it should hang later. Note how the tool must be fixed to the plate with screws or nails and which position it should therefore be.
- When you're that sure you can start adding nails, screws, or hooks at a time. To do this, mark in sequence the points where the corresponding brackets are to be located (for a hammer, for example, once to the right and left of the handle under the hammer head). Remember that your tool wall will later be vertical or hangs and the tools still have to be firmly fixed so that they do not fall off.
- Therefore, when attaching nails, hooks and screws, make sure that they are at a slight angle from top to bottom into the plate so that later, when the wall is vertical, they protrude slightly upwards and you can hang the utensils securely can.
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When you are done, paint the plate plus the attached metal parts with clear lacquer or paint, depending on your taste and the environment. Whether you attach your new tool wall to the wall or whether you leave it transportable and just lean against the wall, that's up to you in the end.
