So, I have done some finding and know I can not use the pegboard from lowes and home depot. I want to put insulation and peg board in my shed. I would like to use the peg board to keep the insulation in with out putting dry wall up. The reason I can not use the lowes and home depot type of peg board is because I want to hang my bikes up on it as well. What do you all think is my best route to go?
Peg Board help.
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gunguy
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Slatwall instead?
Jim
Jim
fury9
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How about just putting whatever you want to hang your bikes with through the pegboard and into a stud. Or put some hooks into the ceiling joists to hang the bikes.
fury9
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If your shed is not heated you do not need insulation.
FJ 432
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Peg board will not encapsulate the wall like some form of sheathing. The reason you're insulating is to keep the heat in or the cold out. Although it is small holes it still a lot of holes.
Unless you're using a metal form of peg board I don't think it will hold bikes. Describe what type of peg board material you're using.
Unless you're using a metal form of peg board I don't think it will hold bikes. Describe what type of peg board material you're using.
fury9
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Peg board will be fine to hold the insulation as long as he gets kraft faced batts (the ones with the paper on one side) remember- PAPER faces the side you're heating, so in this case the paper would go to the inside of the shed facing the installer.
bczygan
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If you use kraft faced insulation and then put pegboard over it, when you install hooks in the pegboard, it will poke holes in the kraft paper.
Kraft paper doesn't work that well anyway.
Use unfaced batts and install plastic sheeting over it for a vapor barrier.
Then you have the same problem. You need space between the pegboard and a hard surface so there is room to insert the hooks.
So the answer is that you need to install a hard surface over the vapor barrier and then install the pegboard with spacers and fasteners into the studs.
Get thicker pegboard with the larger diameter holes so you can use the beefier brackets.
This still isn't enough to hang a bike from, so hang bikes form proper brackets or hoods, either from the ceiling or another section of wall and use the pegboard for smaller tools.
Kraft paper doesn't work that well anyway.
Use unfaced batts and install plastic sheeting over it for a vapor barrier.
Then you have the same problem. You need space between the pegboard and a hard surface so there is room to insert the hooks.
So the answer is that you need to install a hard surface over the vapor barrier and then install the pegboard with spacers and fasteners into the studs.
Get thicker pegboard with the larger diameter holes so you can use the beefier brackets.
This still isn't enough to hang a bike from, so hang bikes form proper brackets or hoods, either from the ceiling or another section of wall and use the pegboard for smaller tools.
fury9
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Well he could insulate it and put the vapor barrier on then just fur the studs out an inch and a half.
BellyUpFish
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OSB over insulation.. Pegboard on 1x1's over the OSB.. That's how I'll be doing it, very soon.
Dale Leeds
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I would not do that without putting up drywall. It would look like ****. Drywall isn't that expensive. I'd put it up, put up some firring strips and then go with the pegboard.
Not to mention, if a fire ever got started you might have a chance of getting it
out with drywall,with OSB you can kiss it goodbye.
fury9
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It's a shed, he prolly wants to hang shovels,rakes and such. He is new to the diy thing so let's get him the simplest answer. He probably doesn't want to hang drywall, tape it sand it prime it paint it,etc... Insulate the damn thing, put some furring strips on the studs, put up your peg board and be done with it!
True enough, but you don't have to tape drywall either.
kenfain
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Slatwall, is the better solution all the way around. Do it right the first time. Pegboard is useless ****, special hooks can be hard to find, because it's not made to hold something as heavy as a bicycle. It's only good for tools and stuff. Slatwall has all the good hooks and hardware. It's just better. Plus the Pegboard hooks will eat up that insulation.
If you get the “Garage Panels” from the big box place it will be white, ¼ inch thick with 1/8 inch holes.
Lots of standard hooks in all shapes and styles available.
1x2, or even lath, as a spacer on the studs will give the space every body seems worried about.
But I have a wall this way, without any spacer, and haven’t poked any holes in eleven years.
And I have hung stuff heavier than any bike on it.
I did use 1 ¼ inch screws with washers to hang the panels.
Lots of standard hooks in all shapes and styles available.
1x2, or even lath, as a spacer on the studs will give the space every body seems worried about.
But I have a wall this way, without any spacer, and haven’t poked any holes in eleven years.
And I have hung stuff heavier than any bike on it.
I did use 1 ¼ inch screws with washers to hang the panels.
Junkman
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There are 2 types of pegboard.. The one that you find in lumber yards and home stores is poor quality. The pegboard that is use in the shelving industry is heavy duty, and you can hang a lot from it. I have found that it is available in used store shelving dealers. They usually have more pegboard than they have shelving units to go with it.
thanks all! I really did not want to put up drywall or anything to be honest. Figured insulation would work with peg board holding it in. I will check out a shelving store hopefully find some like junkman said. I might put up drywall or what not the only thing I know for sure is I do not want them bikes on the floor. I feel they are eating up space. I will upload pics later tonight or tomorrow of my shed, so that way maybe someone that has other ideas I have not thought of can toss them out. No harm, no foul.
Thanks everyone!
Thanks everyone!
Damn, some of you guys...
I've got a 32x40 shop; 12-foot walls. I have white-faced peg board from Home Depot and the local hardware store on every wall, from the top plate, down 8 feet. At 8 feet, there is a chair rail, and then corrugated steel siding to the bottom.
I have fiberglass insulation with paper backing in all the walls from floor to ceiling, and the pegboard is screwed directly to the studs using deck screws in the peg holes, and butts up directly against the insulation's paper.
I have hundreds of pegs in the board, and move them frequently. I have not poked a hole in the insulation, torn the insulation or damaged it in any way. Look at how peg board hooks go in--someone please explain to me how they are going to rip up the insulation?? They bottom out at the curve... then you move the hook in a downward motion, and the curved tail slides up behind the pegboard... the hooks protrude MAYBE 1/8 to 1/4 inch behind the pegboard as they are moving into place. If you've ever hung your own insulation, you know there is plenty of give.
As for the opinion that insulating is a waste of time if the shop isn't heated or cooled, I can tell you that's bull too. It'll keep the interior from getting roasting hot in the summer from the sun. It usually cools down at night, and the inside of the shop or shed will cool off.
If you do decide to run a small heater in the winter, it'll help a little heat go a lot farther.
Finally, as to a suggestion on hanging bikes or whatever--How heavy are the bicycles? I've got some fairly heavy things hung by peg board... cast aluminum intake manifolds are probably the heaviest that come to mind right now. Put the hooks next to studs, and it helps. If you're trying to hang something and you're really worried about it, figure out where you're going to put it, and drill holes in the studs and sink a couple heavier bolts or screw-in hooks in it, just like you would do with a sheet rocked wall.
-Brad
I've got a 32x40 shop; 12-foot walls. I have white-faced peg board from Home Depot and the local hardware store on every wall, from the top plate, down 8 feet. At 8 feet, there is a chair rail, and then corrugated steel siding to the bottom.
I have fiberglass insulation with paper backing in all the walls from floor to ceiling, and the pegboard is screwed directly to the studs using deck screws in the peg holes, and butts up directly against the insulation's paper.
I have hundreds of pegs in the board, and move them frequently. I have not poked a hole in the insulation, torn the insulation or damaged it in any way. Look at how peg board hooks go in--someone please explain to me how they are going to rip up the insulation?? They bottom out at the curve... then you move the hook in a downward motion, and the curved tail slides up behind the pegboard... the hooks protrude MAYBE 1/8 to 1/4 inch behind the pegboard as they are moving into place. If you've ever hung your own insulation, you know there is plenty of give.
As for the opinion that insulating is a waste of time if the shop isn't heated or cooled, I can tell you that's bull too. It'll keep the interior from getting roasting hot in the summer from the sun. It usually cools down at night, and the inside of the shop or shed will cool off.
If you do decide to run a small heater in the winter, it'll help a little heat go a lot farther.
Finally, as to a suggestion on hanging bikes or whatever--How heavy are the bicycles? I've got some fairly heavy things hung by peg board... cast aluminum intake manifolds are probably the heaviest that come to mind right now. Put the hooks next to studs, and it helps. If you're trying to hang something and you're really worried about it, figure out where you're going to put it, and drill holes in the studs and sink a couple heavier bolts or screw-in hooks in it, just like you would do with a sheet rocked wall.
-Brad
Steevo
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regguy1
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I agree about the pegboard and insulation comments., I have pegboard directly over insulation and it works just fine. The only caution saftey wise is if you do welding or cutting be very careful no sparks go through the pegboard holes that might smolder and cause a fire.
You can see my garage and pegboard in videos and photos here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140674
I forgot to get photos and I have to run soon...I have like a very small shed. Not going to be doing welding out in it. I like to do woodwork the bikes one is a a adult mountain bike its aluminum, so its lighter then your walmart one and the other is a road bike for a female. its aluminum too, so I am assuming its lighter then the ones at walmart. I am thinking after hearing all the input im going to get the peg board from lowes and insulation. and screw hooks into a frame somewhere for the bikes as i really do want them off the floor. I will upload photos when i get time stupid 12 hour shifts. I am still open to input, but brad pretty much said the same thing my father in law said about insulation with it. thanks everyone!