Ok, so I have....ALOT of lumber. I bought a storage shed full of cherry, white oak, mahogany, and some various other woods. I have a 10x16 shed that I want to put it in. The shed was built by a contractor a few years ago and is studded and top plated so it is well built. The studs are 2x4's on 24" centers and walls are close to 8' tall.
I was wanting to do a lumber rack with holes drilled in 2x4's and conduit placed in at about a 5 or 10 degree angle, using the conduit as shelves. Picture is below. But what I wanted to do is drill the holes for the conduit in new 2x4's and then attach them to the existing studs, within the wall (wall is open, no sheathing). So basically sandwich them next to the existing studs and screw the hell out of them to each other.
My question is, how well would the wall support the weight? When I say I have a lot of wood, I mean, both side walls would be full from bottom to top. But only 12" wide pieces so the weight should be close to the wall, if that makes sense. Downward pressure so to speak.
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