El Cheapo DYI Pipe Rack!

So today I was bored, decided to take a lunch break and go browse around at Lowe's for materials for a couple ideas I had been throwing around my head for a pipe rack.

I wanted it to be cheap, easy to assemble, and expandable/configurable. This is the best solution I came up with, and just as I thought the pipes fit in it perfectly!!

The materials list is pretty easy, two 24" x 8" return air vent grills! A whopping $10 ea! Add to that some 1/2" by aprox 1/2" MDF leftovers out of my scrap bin that I used for offsets to lift the grills off the wall a bit. Some double sided sticky tape to hold them on with and walla! Instant expandable/configurable wall mounted pipe rack, that doesn't look too shabby for any man cave!!

The Materials:






Here is where I sticky taped the small blocks of MDF scrap to the backs for equally spaced offset from the wall. This give the pipes more room for the bits to slide into.
(I predrilled the holes in the center blocks for the mounting screws to match the holes in the grills):




Here it is mounted on the wall, no pipes:



With pipes. I liked them better bowl down. And since I use the softy bits, they fit better with the vent grates facing downwards. If I wasn't using softies, I would recommend facing the vents up to keep the pipes more secure!