Attaching Peg Board To Wall

Place a long level on the top.

Attaching peg board to wall.

If you want to put a frame around the front of your pegboard use picture frame molding or 1 x 2 in. You want the board to stick out of the wall to leave space for hooks. Tack the pegboard and frame to the wall in the desired location. Then cut another pegboard piece to 27 48 and attach it on the right side of the wall.

Ask a friend to help you install the furring strips. Pegboard is great for carrying weight over a large surface. Adjust until it is level and then ask a friend to hold the strip while you drill long wood screws through the furring strips and into the studs or wall anchors. You could also use flat head nails.

But because it is only 3 16 thick it can t carry a lot of weight in one spot. For areas of the wall where you want to hold heavy tools and yard equipment use a rail system. Using shorter wood screws this time i used 1 1 4 attach the pegboard to the 1 3 s. Now cut the first pegboard piece to 58 48 using a skill saw or a table saw.

Paint or finish the frame to match the pegboard as needed. Hanging the support boards gives you a solid surface to attach the pegboard and also allows for some dead space behind it. Drive one 21 2 screw partway through the top frame at the center of the pegboard. When used to attach another surface to a wall these are called.

For a small pegboard two horizontal furring strips should be adequate. I used two screws in each corner. Boards cut to match the height and width of the pegboard and attach with screws. Attach the furring strips to the back of the panel using 1 drywall screws and panel adhesive.

Drive the screws through countersunk pilot holes in the panel face. Look for a rail system that has mounting holes every inch so it lines up with the pegboard image 1. Do not attach the wood screws using the pre drilled holes of the pegboard.