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shmokes:
I'm mounting a pot rack and only two of the hooks from which the rack hangs on chains hit studs. I want to use toggle bolts for the other two, but all the toggles I've seen come with fine-threaded machine-type bolts, whereas the hooks that came with the pot rack have a very course thread that I think will not screw into any toggle nuts I've seen. Does anyone have experience using toggles with a ceiling hook? I can use plastic anchors, but I don't remotely trust them to stay in place, and the last thing I want is a metal pot rack, filled with metal pots and pans, to come crashing down out of my ceiling.

whammoed:
What is above the ceiling?   Attic or 2nd floor?  If it is the attic, just go up and nail in a 2x4 cross member.

Otherwise, is the hook decorative?  If not I'm sure they make a hook with machine threads you could use with an anchor.

If the hook is decorative and you want them to match....then not sure...

HaRuMaN:
He's not really mounting a pot rack.  It's for a sex swing.   >:D

shmokes:
No, my sex swing only requires two hooks, so they're both in a stud.   :P

drventure:
If you can get into the attic over the spot, i'd put up a couple of 2x4 cross braces and screw the hooks into them.

If you CAN'T get into the attic, you might try these. I used them to hang flowerboxes on the outside of my house where a stud wasn't available given the position I needed. They've held for years now.

http://www.toggler.com/products/snaptoggle/overview.php

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