Bike Rack / Bike Storage for the Home or Apartment

Step 4 Find your Studs and Measure Them

In a house or garage your rack needs to have firm support - it needs to be screwed into the "studs" (the vertical frame timbers of the house).  You can use a stud sensor or a magnet hanging from a string to find these.  Measure up from the floor  and mark the spots you will attach the two pieces of wood for the rack - each end of each piece should be screwed into a stud.