Center Slatwall section throughout garage?

[SB440R/T]

Still deciding on what to do for the garage walls on the home we are breaking ground with soon. I like the idea of slatwall, but I don't think I can stay in budget by doing it all in slatwall. So if i did the first 4 feet in sheetrock and the next 4 in slatwall and finish it with sheetrock again would it look ok?

Originally was going to do it all in OSB, but don't like the finish on it and don't want to put the effort in to smooth it out. Doing it in plywood would also be too costly I think.

So anyone have pictures of just slatewall on the center section? I will have 11' ceilings throughout the garage.

 

[Ehcrain]

What about a French cleat system from strips of plywood over top of drywall. That way you can add on later without the hassle of removing the drywall to get it flush.

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[SB440R/T]

What about a French cleat system from strips of plywood over top of drywall. That way you can add on later without the hassle of removing the drywall to get it flush.

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I can't say I am a real big fan of the french cleat. Just trying to keep it clean on the wall, if that makes any sense by hanging stuff on it.

 

[SB440R/T]

Pick a wall and go to the ceiling putting seldom used items up high.
Remember that slat wall, due to the hooks, shrinks your room by six inches, or the length of your hooks for each wall you have slatwall on.

I can dig out a ladder if I really need to get to my chevy balancer installation tool....

I just don't know that I can afford the whole wall on a 25x35 garage.

 

[SB440R/T]

I kind of like the look of this, being able to paint the drywall at the bottom and trim the panels.

 

[SB440R/T]

25x35=875sqft
4x8 sheet=32sqft
875/32=28 sheets
Sheets= $48
28x48=$1312 plus $150 for hooks.
Drywall is $12 a sheet.
subtract 12x 28 sheets=$338
Your slat wall will cost you $1000.

OR do only part of the wall you can afford.


Or do like I did:
Wanted, slat wall
Craigslist.
I got 40 sheets of oak veneer slat board for $110. It was in a nice stack, he helped load it, I was in and out in 20 minutes.
I just gave 20 oak veneer 4x8 sheets of slat wall to a GJ member just to get them out of my garage.
Used, it's give away stuff.

Life can be easy.

That is not to bad at all running the numbers.

 

[Rossco]

You could go up 3' with board and then 4' of slat wall (Charcoal for instance) then board to the ceiling, you will have a stripe.

 

[SB440R/T]

You could go up 3' with board and then 4' of slat wall (Charcoal for instance) then board to the ceiling, you will have a stripe.

I was thinking, after looking through some pictures, of just doing the side walls in two sheets from the top and leaving the bottom three feet like you said. The back walls I will just put up shelves with or without the slatwall.

 

[Rossco]

I was thinking, after looking through some pictures, of just doing the side walls in two sheets from the top and leaving the bottom three feet like you said. The back walls I will just put up shelves with or without the slatwall.

Depends how it looks.

You will probably wanna run it all the way around.

I have 7' 6" of slat wall all round. Do it in stages or just pony up. Only live once.

 

[SB440R/T]

Depends how it looks.

You will probably wanna run it all the way around.

Only issue with the back wall it that it has to go over the drywall since it is an adjoining wall.

But I wonder if the gearwall, since its pvc, would pass code.

 

[Rossco]

Only issue with the back wall it that it has to go over the drywall since it is an adjoining wall.

But I wonder if the gearwall, since its pvc, would pass code.

Not sure about code in your area.

Here I have Proslat behind my wood stove and it passed inspection for insurance purposes.

 

[HotRodHudson]

I imagine you've discussed the 11 foot ceiling and are fine with it. Just a thought from living with 11 foot ceilings at my place. I'd do 12 to 14 foot if I could so my car lift would raise higher than room for just the vette underneath.

I scored some free Lozier shelving when a store relocated. Not exactly what I wanted but once painted to match walls it should help.

Good luck!

 

[bigredmf]

I bought a house with slatwall already installed in the shop and garage.

Then I bought a bunch of accessories and put up shelves, baskets and such.

We had a run of heat and high humidity and the slatwall failed dropping a slimline PC and small speakers to the floor destroying the hard drive.

The particular slat wall was made of press board with a fake wood grain on it.

Perhaps I overloaded it but I ripped it out of the garage over the winter.

Now the basement shop is entirely lined with it but I do not use it.

Just my experience!

Red


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[SB440R/T]

I bought a house with slatwall already installed in the shop and garage.

Then I bought a bunch of accessories and put up shelves, baskets and such.

We had a run of heat and high humidity and the slatwall failed dropping a slimline PC and small speakers to the floor destroying the hard drive.

The particular slat wall was made of press board with a fake wood grain on it.

Perhaps I overloaded it but I ripped it out of the garage over the winter.

Now the basement shop is entirely lined with it but I do not use it.

Just my experience!

Red


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I was looking at doing the PVC slat, but its about 130 a sheet.

 

[SB440R/T]

I imagine you've discussed the 11 foot ceiling and are fine with it. Just a thought from living with 11 foot ceilings at my place. I'd do 12 to 14 foot if I could so my car lift would raise higher than room for just the vette underneath.

I scored some free Lozier shelving when a store relocated. Not exactly what I wanted but once painted to match walls it should help.

Good luck!

I did, if I went any higher the bonus room height would not make sense.

 

[drmarkr]

If you do slatwall, make sure to get the type with aluminum track lining....otherwise, you'll be somewhat limited in the weight of what you can hang off it.

Without liner:

With liner:

I lucked out and picked up about ten 4x8 sheets of each when a buddy was doing a big remodel of a retail business...used, but totally usable for me!

 

[Matt M PA]

In my attached that has a low ceiling (split level house) there was beat up, ugly sheet rock. We put slat wall all the way around from the ceiling down. Below the slat wall I put tile board. Maybe that's not the right name, but it's the thin 4x8 sheets that come in smooth, or tiled looks.

The tile board was very inexpensive per sheet and it's pre finished. I would use something else to first close in the walls.

Slat wall is costly, but it can't be beat for versatility. Best of all, you can get all sorts of clips, baskets, shelves, etc very reasonably at places like Gershell Brothers...stores that sell retail store supplies.

I used standard slat wall from Home Depot or Lowes, and in my smaller attached garage since we only used one sheet per 8 running feet...the cost wasn't terrible and in the long run...well worth it.

One note about strength. Again, mine is the standard slat wall. I had a hook near the garage door that was bumped and came into contact with the door while the door was closing. The door bent the hook badly, but the slat wall didn't break. I took the hook to the vise to straighten. I never managed to straighten the hook, but did pull the workbench out of place...

When we redid my attached, it's a small two car garage, but we were only going to put one car in it. That changed, and there are now two cars in there. When we built our detached garage, I didn't put any cabinets, slat wall, etc on the walls where car will be parked, etc. I didn't want anything along those walls that would be bumped into, knocked down, etc. So maybe the OP could use slat wall just on a back wall, work area, etc...

I can post a pic if anyone wants to see my slat wall install...

 

[SB440R/T]

I made the garage a little wider to be able to put two cars in without hassle and have lots of room for work areas. It will be a three car garage if I ever want to squeeze my car in during a snow storm and what not, but mostly used as a two. I am used to keeping things on the sides because of the lack of depth previously.

I am just trying to figure since its a new build, what can I put in there now, without having to redo it later. I know if I put in plain drywall I would hate not being able to hang things up easily with the addition of a hook on a slatwall. But I also don't know how crazy I should go with the slat. I like the idea of just one sheet wide running the length of the side walls because up high will be wire shelving to get thing rarely used out of the way.

 

[SB440R/T]

Matt, would love to see pictures of what you had up.

 

[Git]

I can't say I am a real big fan of the french cleat. Just trying to keep it clean on the wall, if that makes any sense by hanging stuff on it.

Do you really know what the 'french cleat system" even is?

I will tell you what it is not - it is not some cheap press board that if you hang any weight at all on it will just rip right out

French cleats are usually 3/4" strips of plywood that are screwed into your studs and can hold HUNDREDS of pounds of shelving, cabinets, or whatever you want to hang - because you make the accessories. You can also remove one strip at a later time and run electrical or airlines behind in it the wall, and then reattach the strip

I would not dismiss it so lightly

 

[SB440R/T]

Do you really know what the 'french cleat system" even is?

I will tell you what it is not - it is not some cheap press board that if you hang any weight at all on it will just rip right out

French cleats are usually 3/4" strips of plywood that are screwed into your studs and can hold HUNDREDS of pounds of shelving, cabinets, or whatever you want to hang - because you make the accessories. You can also remove one strip at a later time and run electrical or airlines behind in it the wall, and then reattach the strip

I would not dismiss it so lightly

No I understand what it is. I just don't think its as clean as slatwall. I know it can be really useful, but I am not trying to hang anything crazy up.

The slatwall that is .75" think I can make it flush with the drywall. I am also considering the single strip of the proslat that isn't affected with the weather.

 

[Matt M PA]

Please excuse the floor, we're just prior to spring cleaning.

 

[SB440R/T]

Looks good Matt, thanks.

 

[Rossco]

If you are up here in Canada, Proslat is rebranded @ Canadian Tire. Always on sale.

Here's some to wet your appetite.



I hang all sort. Chop saw, Gas Lawnmower. Heck the kids use it as a climbing wall when my backs turned.

 

[SB440R/T]

Nice Rossco, how wide is the grey section?

 

[Rossco]

Nice Rossco, how wide is the grey section?

That's Charcoal flavour and it comes in either 8' or 4' lengths. They make it in Grey also (Ask me how happy I was when I ordered grey instead of charcoal and had to send that back!)

 

[SB440R/T]

That's Charcoal flavour and it comes in either 8' or 4' lengths. They make it in Grey also (Ask me how happy I was when I ordered grey instead of charcoal and had to send that back!)

Haha, I rather have the Grey actually. Looks good.

 

[Rossco]

Haha, I rather have the Grey actually. Looks good.

Yeah It all looks good.

See you could run 5 panels @ 2' high. So a standard box should get you 16'.

I have 2' of white, 4' of charcoal and 2' of white all around. Well I screwed up and only ran 9 charcoal instead of ten. Installing the stuff with beer on hand.

 

[SB440R/T]

Yea, this is the layout of my garage, so I was thinking of just keeping it at the 4' height and take up a sheets worth of drywall.

Since they are long walls I think it would look nice. 6 sheets would hold a ton of stuff on these walls. I would probably not do it all the way on the left wall because the water heater will be in that area.

 

[Rossco]

That's a nice size. Gonna need allot of slat to cover that garage head to toe.

The stuff I use has allot of holding power especially at the studs.



How heavy do you think that blue jack is? I'll tell ya : Very!

And before anyone asks! That Husky don't leak bar oil.

 

[SB440R/T]

Yea, if I use PVC at 120 a sheet, I would need 6 in the main garage and 2 in the storage garage, for about a cost of a grand. I could use regular slat, but I feel like I would need the inserts to have the piece of mind, but I don't think its worth is over the PVC.

 

[Matt M PA]

Just my .02. On my regular old Home Depot slat wall, I have two shelves that came with "outriggers"..they're arms that support the shelf brackets. I have the soft top and Windows for the RT on those shelves....they're very strong.

Unless you plan to put very heavy things up, I would'nt worry about the strength of the regular slat wall. Plus, if you get your accessories from a place like I mentioned above...they are made to be used in abusive retail places. In some cases, they don't have a wire hook that goes into the slot...they have a wide metal band (Hard to describe...)

If you're nearby, stop and look at mine...

 

[SB440R/T]

Just my .02. On my regular old Home Depot slat wall, I have two shelves that came with "outriggers"..they're arms that support the shelf brackets. I have the soft top and Windows for the RT on those shelves....they're very strong.

Unless you plan to put very heavy things up, I would'nt worry about the strength of the regular slat wall. Plus, if you get your accessories from a place like I mentioned above...they are made to be used in abusive retail places. In some cases, they don't have a wire hook that goes into the slot...they have a wide metal band (Hard to describe...)

If you're nearby, stop and look at mine...

I am on the other side of the world right now and won't be back till August, hoping the builder won't be that far when I get back. I appreciate the offer though.