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JPG wrote:

jsburger wrote:Well, it is done. Just need to hang it and fill it.

NICE! I definitely recommend hanging FIRST, THEN 'filling' it!





Do use strong hangers! French cleat comes to mind.

I thought I would have my wife hold it up after I filled it so I could attach it to the wall. Then I came to my senses and realized that was a bad idea.

French cleats are great but...

It is 20 1/2" wide so no matter where I install it it will hit at least one stud. The shop walls are OSB also so dry wall screws will be fine.

I used OSB on the walls specifically to be able to hang things anywhere without having to worry about the fasteners or necessarily hitting a stud. Dry wall screws are more than enough for 90% of things.

jsburger wrote:

JPG wrote:

jsburger wrote:Well, it is done. Just need to hang it and fill it.

NICE! I definitely recommend hanging FIRST, THEN 'filling' it!





Do use strong hangers! French cleat comes to mind.

I thought I would have my wife hold it up after I filled it so I could attach it to the wall. Then I came to my senses and realized that was a bad idea.

French cleats are great but...

It is 20 1/2" wide so no matter where I install it it will hit at least one stud. The shop walls are OSB also so dry wall screws will be fine.

I used OSB on the walls specifically to be able to hang things anywhere without having to worry about the fasteners or necessarily hitting a stud. Dry wall screws are more than enough for 90% of things.

Is there some 'unwritten law' that states a wall cleat must be limited in length to the width of an individual thing to be hung thereon?


Thee has more faith in OSB and hardened dry wall screws than I.

JPG wrote:

jsburger wrote:

JPG wrote:
NICE! I definitely recommend hanging FIRST, THEN 'filling' it!





Do use strong hangers! French cleat comes to mind.

I thought I would have my wife hold it up after I filled it so I could attach it to the wall. Then I came to my senses and realized that was a bad idea.

French cleats are great but...

It is 20 1/2" wide so no matter where I install it it will hit at least one stud. The shop walls are OSB also so dry wall screws will be fine.

I used OSB on the walls specifically to be able to hang things anywhere without having to worry about the fasteners or necessarily hitting a stud. Dry wall screws are more than enough for 90% of things.

Is there some 'unwritten law' that states a wall cleat must be limited in length to the width of an individual thing to be hung thereon?


Thee has more faith in OSB and hardened dry wall screws than I.

Of course not, but if the wall portion of the French cleat is not screwed/attached to something substantial in the wall (a stud) why is it more substantial than the same item screwed directly to the same wall? I don't want the wall cleat sticking out past the item that it is hanging on.

OSB is way more substantial than dry wall. I would never just screw something on dry wall regardless of what it is. So yes, OSB is much more satisfactory for shop walls than dry wall.

I do not consider anything less than a stud adequate for load bearing regardless of the wall covering. Yes osb is 'better' than gypsum dry wall for a shop. However dry wall is a fire retardant, osb is not. Dry wall screws will secure osb as well as they do dry wall, but I do not trust them for more strenuous duty.(they break!)

Peg board is my shop wall preference.

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