How To Hang Peg Board To The Wall

This guide reviews the steps for how to hang a pegboard and make use of garage storage space that might otherwise go wasted.

How to hang peg board to the wall.

Alternatively buy smaller pegboards to install like tiles. For areas of the wall where you want to hold heavy tools and yard equipment use a rail system. If you cut your pegboard to the exact size you want you may end up cutting through the peg holes which won t look as nice. But because it is only 3 16 thick it can t carry a lot of weight in one spot.

If you are hanging a larger piece of pegboard you will want to add some vertical support as well. Cut the pegboard smaller if needed but leave a border around it. Hanging the support boards gives you a solid surface to attach the pegboard and also allows for some dead space behind it. Pegboard is a tempered hardboard with pre drilled holes designed to be strong enough to support most household hand tools.

Pegboard also called perforated hardboard or perfboard is one of the simplest and least expensive storage solutions for hanging tools and other lightweight objects. Instead cut the pegboard so that you have an even border on all 4 sides of the board. You want the board to stick out of the wall to leave space for hooks. Pegboard is great for carrying weight over a large surface.

Before trying to install pegboard measure the area on the wall where you plan to install it. When mounted to the wall and outfitted with metal hooks pegboard provides a convenient way to keep items from getting lost in the back of a drawer or the bottom of a tool chest. Look for a rail system that has mounting holes every inch so it lines up with the pegboard image 1.