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02-02-2003, 03:52 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Help with hanging light fixture
Can anybody suggest how to hang a 65 lb. fixture from the ceiling where one end has a stud but the other does not line up. Will a drywall anchor of some sort work? Suggestions needed please. Here is an attempt to recreate what it looks like with the 2x4 studs in the ceiling covered by 1/2" drywall.
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Last edited by Sand Reef; 02-02-2003 at 04:10 PM.
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02-02-2003, 04:02 PM
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Reefer
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: victoria, TX
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I don't think I would use a drywall anchor..Is it possible to mount a board between those two studs and then anchor the fixture to the new stud..all assuming if you can get above to where the studs are located..If not I'll let someone else figure it out..hehe..
Last edited by dbmet; 02-02-2003 at 04:14 PM.
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02-02-2003, 04:11 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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How can I do this without tearing up the ceiling?
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02-02-2003, 04:18 PM
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Reefer
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: victoria, TX
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oops..I thought about that after I posted --and you posted while I was editing..I guess theres no way to access the studs above..?
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02-02-2003, 04:24 PM
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A goof
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Plymouth, MN USA
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There are a number of different type of drywall anchors. I would go to your local hardware store and tell them what you are trying to do. It is best to hang it from a stud, but you can get by without.
HTH
Jon
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02-02-2003, 04:25 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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There isn't any way to get above through the attic. How much weight can drywall hold assuming you used those anchors that spread out above the drywall?
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02-02-2003, 04:30 PM
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A goof
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Plymouth, MN USA
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A few questions. on the end with out the stud, are you hanging from 1 spot or 2? If it is 2 spots over a few inches then there is no problem, if it is just 1 wire on each end then it probably would hold, just make sure you hang the stud end first. Can you add a mounting line in the middle of the fixture?
HTH
Jon
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02-02-2003, 04:36 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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The fixture has only one hanging point on each end. It came with two pieces of wire with which to hang. Thanks for the help guys. 
I don't think I could add a third line. There are ventilation slits cut into the top directly in the middle. |
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02-02-2003, 04:41 PM
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A goof
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Plymouth, MN USA
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with the 2 lines on each end you should be fine with some good anchors. They are only holding about 18#'s each, and that is not too much weight.
HTH
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02-02-2003, 04:50 PM
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Little Fishy
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There is only one wire for each end which would hold about 32 lbs. each. I am off to Home Despot to see what I can come up with. Thanks and wish me luck. |
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02-02-2003, 05:06 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Just use a large toggle bolt will hold no prob.
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02-02-2003, 05:06 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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I found a website that says a 1/8" toggle bolt can hold up to 50 lbs. on 1/2" drywall. Can anybody vouch for this?
Thanks
V
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02-02-2003, 05:07 PM
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Eat more PIE
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yes I use them all the time they work great
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02-02-2003, 05:11 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Thanks Daryl, Jon, and Casey   |
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02-02-2003, 05:57 PM
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Good boy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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Toggle bolt should work fine. Although if there is an attic above I would put a 2"x 4" between the joists to support the weight.
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