Timeline for Connect Unistrut/Superstrut to the garage ceiling
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| Jun 4, 2014 at 14:36 | vote | accept | Jeremy | ||
| Jun 4, 2014 at 14:36 | comment | added | Jeremy | Ah that makes sense. I like it. I think I'll go with the 2 1/2" screw and it'll just go through the truss. Thanks! | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 19:39 | comment | added | Grunthos | Ah. In that case, right, you won't get any help from a much longer screw. Now I'm nitpicking: The first quarter inch of the lag bolt is pointed so it doesn't grab the wall of the pilot hole. You might want to use 2-1/2 inch screws so you get full thread engagement all the way through the truss board. Or limit your drill depth to 1-3/4 inch using a depth stop. | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 17:41 | comment | added | Jeremy | 1. That makes sense about the fender washer so I'll probably go with that. 2. I have living space above the garage so I think the lag screws will be screwed into the floor trusses which I believe look like this (abctruss.com/floor2.jpg). So it's basically screwing into the bottom of a flat 2x4. There's a layer of sheetrock as well. So 1 1/2" of wood + 5/8" of sheetrock + thickness of washer and unistrut is probably somewhere around 2 1/4" I'm guessing. So does it make sense to go with anything bigger than 2"? | |
| Jun 3, 2014 at 17:09 | history | answered | Grunthos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
