These hooks are the BEST when they work, but the screws my recent DuraHook purchases came with didn't work in my galvanized metal 1/4-inch pegboard (AlligatorBoard brand).
When I bought some of these hooks a couple years ago they DID come with working screws. The screws I've received recently are slightly too small to hold in metal pegboard - by maybe about 1/32".
Here are the kinds of screws I know of:
1. 1/4-inch screws the hooks I've ordered recently came with (too small for metal pegboard)
2. 1/8-inch screws the hooks also come with (have never used, this is for smaller pegboard)
3. 1/4-inch screws I received in the past (about 1/32-inch larger than the newer ones, work great in metal pegboard)
You may see conflicting reviews on this site depending on what kind of pegboard people have and what kind of screws they received.
I don't know if the manufacturer (Triton Products) changed the screws they use at some point or maybe there's another reason I received different screws at different times.
In any case, I contacted the manufacturer and they were able to send me some of the slightly larger screws that work in metal pegboard. These work great, so you probably want this as Plan A.
I wasn't able to find the right type of screws from anywhere other than Triton Products; it's an unusual screw made to hold in thin pegboard, with a very coarse thread and only 1/2" long.
If you can't obtain the good screws, I explored a couple other options.
If you can access the back of your pegboard, it's simple. Use bolts with nuts.
If you can't and need a "blind hole" solution, one option I've found is "well nuts" also known as "rubber-insulated rivet nuts"; these are small rubber plugs with a threaded brass insert. When you tighten a bolt in them they compress and expand. It's not elegant but it works. The size you need is the 6-32 threaded, 1/4" hole size, 0.981" overall length. Pair it with a 1" 6-32 machine screw and perhaps an oversized #6 washer.
The caveat with the well nuts is that they are almost an inch long, so you need some empty space behind your pegboard. The shorter well nuts I could find were too large in diameter to fit in the pegboard holes.
If you don't have an inch behind your pegboard, you might be able to cobble something together by adding a lot of spacer washers to the long well nuts, or there are also non-removable blind rivets of various kinds (I haven't tried those).
The DuraHook definitely will not work if you can't get a firm screw or bolt of some kind into your pegboard to hold them. If you have galvanized metal pegboard, don't plan on using the screws these hooks come with. (Though it's possible they work in some brands of metal pegboard, I don't know.)
| Productafmetingen | 8.89 x 11.43 x 2.54 cm; 249.48 gram |
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| Itemgewicht | 0.55 Pond |
| Montage vereist | Nee |
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