Pegboard has its advantages and disadvantages. Some of the most compelling reasons for buying and installing pegboard is how it allows you to view all of your tools at once, for easy access and reach, and easy rearrangement if necessary.
Some of the downsides are how pegboard-mounted tools can collect workshop dust real fast, and how the pegs never seem to stay in place.
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There are a ton of different solutions to keep the hooks from coming out, but one of the neatest I’ve seen so far are Tritons’s DuraHooks.
DuraHook pegboard hooks stay in place by utilizing two adjacent pegboard holes, one hole for a locking tab and the other for a screw you mount in the front. Triton claims their DuraHooks will work in both 1/8″ and 1/4″ pegboard. It’s not immediately obvious, but these hooks ship with different sized screws to accommodate different pegboard holes size.
DuraHooks come in many different varieties and sizes, such as curved hooks, single rods, double rods, spring clips, tool holders, and even clips for mounting plastic bins.
You can buy packs of each type of hook individually, or you can buy a starter set like the one shown here (DuraHook 76964). In this 64pc set you get:
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- (12) 1″ Single Rods
- (8) 2-1/2″ Single Rods
- (8) Pliers/Wrench Holders
- (2) 2-3/4″ Double Rods
- (8) Extended Spring Clips
- (4) Standard Spring Clips
- (6) Single Ring Tool Holders
- (8) Curved Hooks
- (4) Bin Clips
- (4) Plastic Hanging Bins
- Mounting hardware for both 1/4″ and 1/8″ pegboard.
There is a downside to these hooks. There is probably a finite number of times you can move a peg around before you start damaging and widening your pegboard holes. Before buying this, think about how often (if at all) you move your pegboard hooks and other attachments around.
This set will run you $32-36 at Amazon with free Prime shipping (or free shipping on $35+ orders for non-Prime members), or $30 plus $8 shipping at Northern Tool.
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Have you used these before? Or maybe another pegboard hook retention system?
No, these hooks cannot be used in metal pegboard systems, such as by Wall Control or Craftsman. It’s also worth mentioning that Triton, the company that makes these Durahooks, also offers their own LocBoard metal pegboard and accessory system (check prices via Amazon).
fred
I have a 38 foot wall in my shop covered with pegboard. Some of the fixtures were store bought mostly the Crawford brand – but a lot shop fabricated. As you say, the typical hook tends to pop off. The older style one had 2 points of attachment. Some of the newer ones used little nylon do-hickies to help secure them (not perfectly). Over the years I’ve fabricated (cobbled together) many brackets for special use. I like a hint I got years ago to make shelves (drilled for screwdriver holders etc.) out of scraps of 1x wood. You chamfer the top of the back edge of the board then screw in 2 or more “L” screw hooks. The hooks are placed along the horizontal centerline of the board’s edged spaced so they can engage 2 or more pegboard holes. The chamfered edge helps you tilt the shelf into place and the exposed arm of the “L” screw grabs the back of the pegboard.
BTW – after years of buying the homeowner style hooks, I learned about this source for commercial hardware:
http://www.azardisplays.com/
Benjamen
I’ve made “shelves” the same way, I think I got the idea from Handy Magazine or someplace like that.
http://www.azardisplays.com/productcart/pc/Eyeglass-Holder-for-Pegboard-p970.htm
Thanks fred! I need to pick up some of these sunglasses holders or something similar for safety glasses!
Darrin
Is it just me, or does it seem counter intuitive for the screw to be on top? I would think the screw would go on the bottom to keep the hook from falling out when you picked something up off of it. It seems like with the screw on top, that it would be easier for them to pull through the pegboard if the hook was overloaded.
But it's me!
Some of them have the screw at the top and some at the bottom, at least what I recall from the two sets I purchased a few years back. The top screw ones really had me shaking my head. The top screw ones are a pain to install, requiring two hands. That said, they are holding up fine through numerous reconfigurations, and are solid once screwed down.
Dave L.
I have been using these for key blanks in my company shop. They work fine, none of the wobble or accidental pulling out you get with regular hooks.
ktash
Here are some instructional videos–scroll down. I’m considering these. The metal systems are too pricey and this solves the problem with them. Also in the Amazon comments, someone mentioned using hot glue in the holes to prevent tearout with heavier tools. Thanks for the review, Benjamen.
Rumpole
I agree with Darrin. This design seems backwards. if they put the screw on the bottom then it would still isolate the hook from wobble but it would also prevent tearout of the screw hole as the brunt of the weight would be on the dog-leg part of the hook and not on the screw. in my experience pegboard is a very soft (read: weak) material. poor design.
lens al
Is there any other details about this subject in other languages?
https://www.acuvue.com.tr
Allen
Woodcraft has them individually so you don’t have to buy a set where you might not use half of them.
Thanks for the info.
Joe
Clever idea, I’d just change the material and dress it up a bit…so it looks better. ,,it’s function is fine….Same reason I don’t use a 2×6 built work table.,like most garages…Those make shift work tables look terrible….
Jacob
I have seen all good reviews about this product, which is why I got it. I’m using the 1/4″ on 1/4 holes, so I would think that would be more rather than less secure than the 3/16, but they wobble without any weight and rip out under any of the heavy tools. Should I be using bolts on the back or anchors of some kind in the hole? Maybe I have bum pegboard? Suggestions welcome. Side note: Darrin’s comment that the screw should be on the bottom makes more sense so me, especially given my experience with them.
Benjamen
I’ve used the screws in both 1/4″ and 3/16″ (1/4″ pegboard) and I haven’t seen any significant pullout. I’d say the 1/8″ is a little sketchier than the larger size because it’s usually thinner and the screws have fewer threads grabbing.
I have my sledge hammer hanging on some 1/8″ pegboard now and it seems secure.
Pegboard quality varies greatly though. And if a hole has been used many times, it seems to oval out (probably why Ikea has the new slotted stuff).
I have seen HD selling some pretty thin looking pegboard that looks like it’s laminated paper board — you can see the fraying at the edges — rather than proper hardboard. I also think that the hole sizes vary from manufacturer to manufacturer.
I’d recommend finding some old (or new) store display pegboard, it’s harder and thicker.