pegboard install

[1930artdeco]

I am going to install some pegboard on one wall so that I can hang odd sized, bulky tools and parts. This is the plan I am thinking of:drywall and paint the walls then add the PB. My question is how do I hang the PB? I saw on a previous post where someone used furring strips and I went cool! So, should I frame each 4x8 sheet, frame the whole wall out, or go vertical/horizontal with the strips?


Thanks,

Mike

 

[Plump]

It may not be a big deal to you especially since you seem to be putting up a large amount of pegboard, but the furring strips are going to take a bunch of the holes out of action for you. If you use some plastic spacers instead, you're only losing a few holes rather than a whole row.

 

[66HertzClone]

When I hung the pegboard on my walls, I ripped some scrap 1 x 3 I had laying around down to 3/4 strips. These fit perfectly and didn't block any holes, I did lose the top row as I ran a strip of 1 x 2 across the top.

 

[kartracer23]

Use 1" x 1" around the outside (or 1" x 2" where two boards join). It's unlikely you would use those outermost holes anyway. Then cut some spacers 3/4" long out of some small pipe (or anything stiff with a thru-hole) and put a couple of them in in the field.

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

One of the guys here on the forum (can't recall the name) mounted his pegboard on firing strips over the sheet rock panels. He also filled in the space between the firing strips with styrofoam sheets. The sheets do a couple of things, one, they stiffen up the pegboard to help keep it from flexing/warping, and two, the styrofoam helps keep those flimsy hooks snug into the pegboard. You could 'frame' the pegboard and still install the styrofoam board behind the pegboard, or do the firing strip/styrofoam approach; your call. I've never been a big fan of pegboard, but it does serve to keep those odd sized items somewhat organized.

Please take pics and show us how it came out for you.

Another thing I've considered (may be OCD) to do is paint my future pegboard installations. I live in a moist climate and the paint would help seal the pegboard and help it blend with the shop wall color. Once I decide where everything should hang, I intend to outline (magic marker ?) the tools to help me keep track of what goes where. One last twist I will do is to use the mylar foil faced styrofoam boards behind the pegboard so the holes holes have some 'bling' to them. lol

 

[snorky18]

I used 1x2 strips run vertically on 16" centers.

Don't run the strips at the very bleeding edge of the sheet: if your sheets get off and reveals the strips it looks tacky.

Do add box extenders to the electrical boxes that were going to be covered by the pegboard.

Do use a laser level if possible, the first sheet's level/plumbness is imperative to getting the rest to line up perfectly.

As plump said, you loose the holes where the strips are, but I put 16 D nails in the strips to hold heavy tools at those locations (pipe wrenches, etc).