Finishing garage pegboard question?

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Unfinished garage. I just stapled insulation and added electrical.Can pegboard be attached w/o drywall been behind it? I have about 30'wall I would like to have 24' of pegboard.ThanksM

Joseph Meehan · Accepted Answer

I've done it.  Worked fine.  I finished it with a good grade of paint. I used white to brighten the garage.

jhill · Answer

Yes.  I built a wookroom inside a metal building and put 2 foot highpegboard above all the workbenches, drywall everywhere else.  Set the top ofthe pegboard as high as I could reach comfortably.  In this case, I had toput shims between the 1/4" thick pegboard and the studs so it would come outflush to the 1/2 inch thick drywall.  The only thing I wish I had done is fasten the pegboard to the studs withscrews so I could easly replace a damaged section, and, the pegboard flexesin and out between the studs, so the joint  at top and bottom between thedrywall and the edge of the pegboard rubs and flakes off the drywall. Ishould have put blocking horizontally between the studs at that joint.  Ifyou are not going to put wallboard next to the pegboard, then you would nothave this problem.

brian s · Answer

Would kraft faced insulation be ok?

tonu · Answer

That is what I used.  My concern yet is -- in the process of installinghooks through the holes in the pegbard do I poke holes in the kraft paper?Since I nailed the pegboard on, it is difficult to pull out a section andsee.

Diesel · Answer

yes. my preference is to use 1/4" pegboard not the 1/8" pegboard. much sturdier and less flex between studs.

Joe Fabeitz · Answer

You aren't going to hang tools on your pegboard, then draw outlines of themso you'll know where they go,....are you?

anon · Answer

I had the same situation, first in a metal building then in an unfinished garage.

I used 1/4" TEMPERED 4'x8' pegboard and it was stiff enough that there was no flexing - the spacing in the metal building was the full width (8') but I mounted the pegboard on 2"x2" frame with a couple of 2"x2" vertical pieces. In addition to spacing the pegboard away from the wall, it stiffened it as well.

I just moved the whole unit from the metal building to the unfinished garage - still works fine.

ROBMURR · Answer

I did the same thing with the thick board that is white in color.Really made it brighter in the garage.

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