Can you elaborate on “weight loads on ceilings” ?
This post has kind of inspired me to follow up on my plan to make a storage area in the roof cavity over my garage.
Do you mean non-trafficable ceilings? My house is designed with timber ceiling joists around 450mm apart suspended from the A-frame roof.
I asked about it on some DIY sub a while back and the consensus was that it’s fine for some boxes of junk.
Obviously I share your and OPs concerns about overhead loads. I’m trying to figure out how comfortable I am with this.
wjrii@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nothing precise. I have tons of DIY nonsense in my garage, but when it came time to suspend storage from the ceiling, the consequences of it’s failing would mean significant damage to the ceiling, the contents, my car, and possibly the garage door. As long as you use sufficiently strong hardware and follow solid practices for how to mount things, it should be fine. Just not something I was wanting to do.
fizzle@quokk.au 1 month ago
Fair enough. I’d be very concerned about mounting anything on the underside of the ceiling, because all the weight is pulling directly along the shaft of whatever fixing you use.