Storage cabinets

[PeteT]

Hi all

The time has finally come where my better-half has ordered all my equipment out of the spare room. Tanks, suits, fins, etc are making guests rather nervous when they come to stay, not to mention cramped.

I need to put all my stuff into the garage in some form of cabinet that can (possibly be bolted to the wall,just in case it may topple over on my young kids) lockable, shelf space and perhaps tall enough so that I could hang my drysuit in. All in all, something big enough to hide away all the equipment safley and tidily. A metal one would be good.

I have thought of the gear gulper boxes but they will eventually spread around and the kids will want to play on them, etc.

Does anyone know of a supplier, manufacturer, website or any other ideas?

Thanks in advance

Pete

[Keith Lawrence(BSAC)]

Hmmm? my first thought is your local second hand office furniture supplier or auction house. You should be able to pick up a battered and scratched tall and wide filing cabinet for a pretty fair price. They are also often seen in the local small ads - going for a song as it's always "buyer collects!". Throw away the internal metal shelves or file hangers (apart maybe from the top one - keep for hangers) as they tend to go all the way across. Screw or bolt cabinet to garage wall, hang dry suit inside, stand cylinders next to the hanging dry suit. A bit of chipboard (e.g. an old kitchen cupboard door - obtainable from virtually any local skip) on the floor of the cabinet will spread the load and distribute the weight of the cylinders.

Your local DIY store will have cheap metal or chipboard shelving a few feet wide by a few feet tall. Get some of that and stand it inside the big cabinet to supply the shelving. Shorter items such as BCD?s will be able to hang above this internal shelving.

Invite wife to admire your handiwork, cash in brownie points gained by getting dive gear out of the house by going on more dive trips.

K

[Steve Walker]

What about something like this for ?69.00
Cheers
Steve

[Adrian Kelland]

What about something like this for ?69.00
Cheers
Steve

A friend uses one of these. Hang up all the gear, point hose, turn on hose for a while, turn off hose, close and padlock doors. The floors drains. Could probably do with a few louvres to help ventilation though.

I'm wondering where I can put one myself. They may not seem secure, but are probably no worse than the average shed with a cheap hasp/staple and padlock.

Adrian

[Nigel Hewitt]

What about something like this for ?69.00

Hummm...
Well it would be a start. I fear if I ever have to move the dive gear out of the house we start with a planning application and a mortgage hike.

nigelH

[Nick McV]

I got round the problem by getting a small garden shed, but with a cunning modification!

I got the shed manufacturer to put a door in both ends, and a full width & height partition in the middle. This means that all the garden stuff goes in one end (Keeps the gardener in the family happy) and all the dive stuff nice and safe in the other end. I put a hanging rail across the whole width, and some bungee to hold the cylinders upright. Hooks can be screwed in just about anywhere to hang up the rest of the toys.

For added security, I added some 'star key' type window bolts to engage with the cross pieces on the door.

Give a thought to ventilation & Drainage...

[Steve Walker]

:=What about something like this for ?69.00

Hummm...
Well it would be a start. I fear if I ever have to move the dive gear out of the house we start with a planning application and a mortgage hike.

nigelH

Might be easier just to buy a second home, one for you one for your kit : )))