🛠 RafterPacker: Steel Spring Joist Hangers for DIY Storage

Don’t build shelves—hang them. RafterPacker hangers let homeowners turn basement rafters into instant storage space. No screws. No tools. Just snap and store.

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Our business complex at 1014 Urna Dr. in St. Charles, MO 63301 brings together multiple local services in one convenient location. This property offers commercial lots for lease, outdoor storage space, contractor yards, and secure parking for boats, trailers, and equipment. We also operate a full green‑waste drop‑off site where residents and contractors can dispose of brush, branches, and yard debris. The complex is home to active service businesses, including a professional landscaping company and STL Tree Services, a complete tree‑care provider offering trimming, removals, and storm cleanup. Whether you need storage, land for your business, a place to dump green waste, or access to the river, this location provides flexible options for the entire St. Charles community

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📦 Back to the hangers

Snap hangers into your joists—no screws required
Slide in 1×4 or 2×4 boards to create shelves
Hang boxes, clothes, tools, or seasonal gear
Use under decks, in garages, sheds, or basements

Example Setup: Using three hangers spaced 15″ apart, you can hold 1x4x8 boards and create six shelves for bulky items like coolers (up to 20″ tall). Boxes measuring 14x24x14 fit perfectly and slide out slowly thanks to the spring tension.

✅ Features

Tool-Free Installation—just snap it in place
Works with 2x4s and 1x4s—flexible fit
Supports heavy loads—made from strong spring steel
Built-in screw eye—add closet rods or hooks with ease
Adds 10″ of usable space to your joist
Includes box, hardware, label, and directions

🧰 Endless Uses

Snap boxes into ceiling rafters
Hang 4-foot shelves with just 4 hangers
Organize garages, basements, sheds
Hang clothes, tools, or seasonal gear
Keep items off the ground under outdoor decks

🧠 Meet the Inventor

Tim’s Journey: From floating homes on the Mississippi to the Double Tumble Dryer, Tim’s inventions are built for real life. RafterPacker was born from a simple idea: use the space you already have.

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“Living & Learning about Inventions” RafterPackers, Floating Homes, Double Tumble Dryer

Tim shares lessons learned—including how one invention was stolen—and offers advice for fellow inventors. His story is part of the product.

🛒 Ready to Pack Your Rafters?

Visit the Shop page to order your set today and start building your storage area in minutes.

“Home Storage Hangers! Rafter Packers”

Below is a picture of these strong steel spring joist hangers. “DIYers just like me”

Below is a picture of these strong steel spring joist hangers. The final product

Set of 2 steel spring joist hangers with hardware

Steel Spring Joist Hangers with Eyelets

These heavy-duty hangers are built to hold a 4-inch board snugly between floor joists. The spring tension locks it in place, and the eyelets make installation easy with nails or screws. Each package includes 10 hangers and 20 1½-inch roofing nails—everything you need to get started.

Strong. Simple. Reliable. Whether you’re building shelves, hanging gear, or organizing overhead space, these hangers get the job done.

Steel spring strong hangers for storage.

The goal with these hangers is so homeowners can use their basement rafters for storage in many ways

More Than Just a Shelf

Over the years, we’ve discovered all kinds of ways to use this joist hanger. In this setup, six hangers hold two 1x4x8s down the center, giving you six sturdy shelves—no framing, no fuss. Why build a shelf when you can do so much more with just two screws or nails per hanger? It’s a no-brainer.

We’ve cut these hangers in half to hang single items in the garage. We’ve used them under high backyard decks. The versatility is endless. This invention doesn’t just organize—it actually adds usable length to your floor joists. $1.70 per hanger

Snapped In and Ready to Go

This box is 14x24x14—the perfect size to snap right up into your floor joists. Load it with gear, tools, seasonal stuff, whatever you’ve got. Then just lift and click it into place. It’s solid. It’s simple. It’s brilliant.

When it’s time to bring it down, just spread the hangers and the box slides gently into your hands. I couldn’t believe how well it worked the first time. It’s one of those rare moments where the idea actually performs better than expected

Perfect storage for anything that needs to be stored.We categorized our belongings, labeled them and snapped them up in joist for easy access. There perfect for utilizing you’re floorjoist as shelving. We kept our floorspace as was planned from day one of this invention.

“Living & Learning about Inventions”

“Living & Learning about Inventions” RafterPackers, Floating Homes, Double Tumble Dryer

🛒 Ready to Pack Your Rafters?

Visit the Shop page to order your set today and start building your storage area in minutes.

Tim shares his lessons learned—including how one invention was stolen—and offers advice for fellow inventors. His story is part of the product.

“Rafterpackers, Floating Homes, Double Tumble Dryer”

Floating homes were made in the middle of 1999 and called the Millennium Clubhouse

🛶 Floating Home #1 — Mississippi River, St. Charles County

This was the first of many boat houses I’ve worked on. It’s a two-bedroom floating home anchored on the Mississippi River in St. Charles County, and it’s now 25 years old. The living quarters span 780 square feet, and while it could use a few upgrades, it’s held up remarkably well.

We’re currently preparing to add a wraparound deck and make some improvements. These homes are ideal for river life, especially where water levels rise and fall. They’re built to float with the conditions—just like the inventing process itself.

Double Tumble Dryer

This product reminds me of my very first invention—a dryer I designed but never got to build. I shared my idea and drawings with a company that claimed to help inventors, but they took my concept and ran with it. By the time I realized what had happened, it was too late. I’d lost my invention.

If you’re working on an idea of your own, I strongly recommend reading this article. It might save you from the same mistake

My name is Tim McDonald. You can text me at 314-853-6715 or email rafterpacker@gmail.com. You have to leave storage hangers in the subject for text or voice mail to get a response, email, or phone message leave storage hangers in the subject for me to respond. Thanks and have a great day!