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leapinlew:

--- Quote from: drventure on November 09, 2011, 02:48:04 pm ---
--- Quote ---put a decorative plate on the ceiling (stained wood or something) and screw into it.
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that's actually a pretty good idea if it'll work with your kitchen

Get a decent plank of 3/4" wood, cut a decorative edge on it, route an ogee around the edge, stain it, then screw it into the rafters

Then you can screw your hanger bolts directly into it.

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or mount it down about 3" and put some lighting behind it.

Get creative Schmokes!

shmokes:
I hate to get too creative (read: expensive) at the moment. When my wife and I left Miami a year ago we got rid of most our stuff. Now we're getting back on our feet and having to buy pretty much everything, which means money's limited right now. So the wife is gonna roll her eyes in irritation if I go buy a piece of wood to work on, especially while I'm simultaneously working on a bunch of other projects (one of which being getting my bloody PC running again, lol). Also we're in an apartment that we'll probably be in for no more than two years, maybe only a year.

I'll probably first see if I can drill out a toggle and make it compatible with the hooks. Otherwise, it looks like I can probably find hooks with machine screw threading (like the ones pictured above). The last ideas, while arguably better, and definitely more interesting, will be backup plans.

leapinlew:
Well... what about taking pan holder and setting it up so it only needs 2 points to connect and you can connect that into the joist?

shmokes:
I REALLY like that idea. Unfortunately the joists are both poorly located and running the wrong direction for that to work. Actually, even as I'm typing this it's occurring to me how that might work. Requires more investigation. I'll report back. Thanks for the tip.

Benevolance:
Following up on the cross brace idea...

When I installed my glass rack, I had trouble finding the studs in the ceiling. Those I found were not in appropriate places. Studs can be so unaccomodating. I installed cross-beams, but mounted them onto the ceiling rather than above the ceiling, and stained it all to match the hanging glass rack. That way I could drill into the cross-beam wherever was necessary to hit a stud and get stability, and then screw the hanging rack into the cross-beam as appropriate to get a balanced look.

Incidentally, studfinders don't work on ceilings and the little trick of shining a flashlight across the ceiling to find the joists is ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. Or I'm incompetent. But I'd prefer to place the blame elsewhere.



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