[DaveR]

Okay,, not fixing or working on any vehicle but i did put up Pegboard in my Garage.  Its been so long since i put some up in my old house that i honestly dont remember how i did it last time, not to mention the Garage walls in my old house were concrete and this house its drywall.

Needless to say it took a bit of time to find the studs and then i screwed in furring strips as a backer to attach the Pegboard to.  Has anyone done it differently?

Just about every garage I've had, I put pegboard somewhere, my garage is my workshop. I always did it your way, furring strips over the wall studs. I do skip studs since I put horizontal strips top and bottom. BTW, I have a stud finder I bough many years ago and still use it, saves lots of banging on walls.

My one complaint is that I have a few hundred pegboard hooks and accessories that fit the smaller holes that pegboards used to have, now I had to buy all new ones for the larger size holes. Could not find the old style pegboard anywhere for what I put up in my current garage.

Yes a good sized Garage makes a great workshop!! I used the stud finder and did decent at marking them, i think there is some electrical conduit for the WH behind there.. so have to be careful where i put in a screw!  LOL

Im also running some horizontal strips but on top putting a 1x3 and extending it past the pegboard by maybe 12-18”.  I’ll attach some hooks to it to hang ext cords or maybe air hose or Tools too heavy/long for the pegboard example those long bar clamps.