Moveable/Reconfigurable wall and ceiling hanger hooks for garage?

[MeUseDinoBone2Hammer]

I've cleaning and organizing the garage and realized that I really needed to get some stuff off the floor and instead hanging from the wall or ceiling.

So I bought a bunch of hooks, a variety of shapes & sizes, and got to work. The problem is that as I was doing this I would realize that the placement of hooks/things would be quite inefficient and would end up removing them, spend a lot of time thinking/planning, then re-install in a different arrangement, rinse repeat.


I would really love a way to easily relocate various hooks without having to get out a drill, driver, and step ladder everytime. Putting up hundreds of these things of each size all over is not an option, would look fugly.

So, I began thinking. My first thought was something like threaded inserts in the wall, then I could easily just move hooks around to a threaded hole that's in the right place. I'm not sure how the hooks would work with inserts though, all of these big plastic coated hooks have a screw tip, I don't think I've ever really seen anything but a bolt go in a threaded insert. Crazy question, do screws use standard bolt type threads? Guess I never really had to worry about matching these sort of pointy screws to a threaded hole.


But I'm sure there is some sort of product/system out there for this sort of thing. Right? I don't want to have to cover the walls and ceiling with something akin to sheet metal with louvers or heavy duty pegboard just to get this quick/easy rearrangement ability. I suppose I'd be willing to put up with something like a rail (something like you might see for track lighting or 80/20 tslot aluminum extrusions). My garage walls/ceiling are wood, about 1/2"-3/4" thick, in case that matters.

 

[jwilson645]

Unistrut....... You can mount it and use sliding hooks to put them wherever you need them.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JPIH8K8/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[qdvuu]

For the walls, why not put up some French cleat strips? Long ones would give you lots of options for placing your storage items.

For the ceiling (and walls) I like the T-slot approach. 80/20 has provided me with great service.

 

[nadogail]

You might investigate Slat Wall systems. They are very commonly used in retail stores to hold merchandise and display products.

 

[Zeke]

Yeah, you're not going to get compatibility with nutserts and lag type screws. There are eyebolts and hooks with SAE threads if you decide to go ahead. I like the idea as you are not adding anything to the wall. Pegboard requires furring strips and slatboard ain't cheap.

It helps to lay all your items on the floor to arrange them in advance. French cleats are easy to make with just a circular saw.

 

[kbs2244]

I use 1/4 inch peg board on my walls
the HD hooks ade for it are plenty strong
they hold anything I can lift up to hang on it

my ceiling is dry walled so I am limited to screw into the joists hangers
my answer was to limit overhead stuff to things that were long enough to bridge hangers that far apart and thin enough to fit above the garage door

for temporary hanging (spray painting, etc) I have strings of dog chain hung at the ceiling
coat hangers make fine long temp hooks to get the stuff down to working level

 

[Spud McGee]

For the walls, why not put up some French cleat strips? Long ones would give you lots of options for placing your storage items.

For the ceiling (and walls) I like the T-slot approach. 80/20 has provided me with great service.

My experience is that french cleats aren't worth the trouble. By the time you get everything arranged where you want it, you never move it again. French cleats turn into a big waste. French cleat walls are the embodiment of "jack of all trades, master of none".

Better to spend your time arranging your stuff and figure out where you want it. Then make purposeful mounts to hold your stuff where you want it.

 

[qdvuu]

My experience is that french cleats aren't worth the trouble. By the time you get everything arranged where you want it, you never move it again. French cleats turn into a big waste. French cleat walls are the embodiment of "jack of all trades, master of none".

Better to spend your time arranging your stuff and figure out where you want it. Then make purposeful mounts to hold your stuff where you want it.

You are correct, but in this case the OP explicitly asked for the flexibility and ability to move since he will frequently rearrange it.

 

[finn]

I think you’re defining Slatwall, and the dozens of clones that are commercially available.

After another afternoon of hanging things of the wall again tokay, I am pretty well convinced that the commercial products are worth the expense.

 

[cpttuna]

On the ceiling I have 2X4 pieces with 3" screws in them. I then cut off the end of the screw so stuff is easier to put on the screw. I staggered the spacing. works for me and was cheap.

 

[Kenstone1]

OK, something I did.
Bought a bunch of HF hooks:

Cut the bend out of them for 2 hooks so that one could be screwed to a single stud.

And tack welded 2 singles back together, in the back, to be screwed to a single stud.

Bought some plugs on amazon for the now open ends.
So there are those hooks.
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[CraigStu]

I went back to your first post to try to see what is on your walls. You stated 1/2-3/4 wood. What is it that you are hanging up that can't be supported by 1/2 inch wood w/ a screw or two in it? There are many, many styles of hooks that you can screw to the wall w/ a #10x1 inch round head screw. If you need to relocate, all you leave behind is a small hole in the wood.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094XSNSZK/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[logcabin4life]

Unistrut....... You can mount it and use sliding hooks to put them wherever you need them.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JPIH8K8/?tag=atomicindus08-20

where can you find a set of various hooks for unistrut. seems hard to find

 

[Coasterbuilder]

I put this up to store my bikes. Unistrut mounted to ceiling joists with Spax screws, Unistrut trolleys from Amazon with ParkTools treaded bike hooks installed. Trolleys found here on Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08S3DMGP4/?tag=atomicindus08-20