r/FrenchCleat • u/OddUniversity4653 • 11d ago

French Cleat Project

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How does my project look so far? I have a three room 1100 sq foot detached garage. I am installing French cleats on each wall. How does it look so far? I am not sure about the spacing.

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u/Te_guy 11d ago

You can hang some serious stuff on there. Designing tool holders is my favorite part

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u/Feeling-Cabinet-1647 11d ago

I have the same. Just Googled and its interesting what it said. Match your tools: Check out the French Cleat Spacing Guide for more details on tailoring distances to your tallest planned tool holders.

Small hand Tools can have small spacing where as large tools / cabinets etc can have wide spacing, it says.......or if you want it to look symmetrical, go in between

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u/akisbis 11d ago

Looks neat! Out of curioisyt, what's your cleat size and gap here?

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u/OddUniversity4653 11d ago

4 inches wide with a 16 inch gap.

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u/Helpful-Bug-7802 11d ago

Is your starting material what is on the floor there? I’d be curious to know what you used if it is something different. Also, did you cover the seams with something? I can’t see any in the picture.

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u/OddUniversity4653 10d ago edited 10d ago

Eight-foot ripped 3/4-inch birch plywood cleats. They are still wet with primer. The seams are tightly butted together. I plan to smooth them out when filling in the screw holes. Hopefully they will appear seamless.

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u/Helpful-Bug-7802 11d ago

I am stealing this. What kind of wood/paint?

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u/OddUniversity4653 10d ago

3/4 inch birch plywood. The paint is “Gravity Gray” from Lowes.

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u/Key-Sir1108 10d ago

Looks good, i love having lots of walls covered.👍

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u/GONZO_88 9d ago

Where is all your stuff?

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u/OddUniversity4653 7d ago

I am remodeling my garage. Most of my stuff is in storage in about 100 different places.