By Gene and Katie Hamilton

If getting your garage organized is on your to-do list, consider a heavy-duty system designed like the ones you see hanging on the walls at stores. The StoreWall system is designed to carry heavy tools and equipment, and the components can be rearranged to accommodate different size objects as the need arises.

The storage system is designed around galvanized metal strips attached vertically to the wall studs with fasteners. Panels fit into the strips horizontally, creating a grooved edge for attaching shelves, baskets and hooks, as well as other accessories.

Click on this link and print out the Storewall Instructions.

A carpenter will charge $540 to install 30 square feet of wall storage with two shelves and hooks, which includes the labor and storage components. If you have basic carpentry tools and experience, you can buy the components for $480 and do it yourself, pocketing savings of 11 percent.

That sums it up. Knowing the average cost to install a wall storage system lets you compare doing it yourself with what you can expect to pay a contractor. For a local cost input your ZIP Code.

Improvement and Repair Cost Updated 2019

The cost and time data is generated by averaging labor and material data from annually updated cost books used by contractors and refined by the authors' experience remodeling 13 houses. They are authors of 20 home improvement books and Do It Yourself or Not, a weekly column syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. The national cost can be adjusted by ZIP Code.