Bubby4j
Active Member
First off, this is a 2D drawing of what I have to work with regarding the beams. The orange things are the beams.
There is a drop ceiling about 8' below this real ceiling.
There is some space (maybe an inch) between the beams and the ceiling as there are wooden spacers between the beams and ceiling, so something could potentially go all the way around the beam if it's slim enough.
Anyway, I need to hang 2 things for a couple separate projects.
First off is a TV. I need to hang it a couple feet below the drop ceiling, so a total of around 10'-12'.
I'm having trouble finding hardware specifically for this. Any suggestions? Not a good idea?
The other is a couple dead-hung pipe battens. I'm planning on using threaded rod to suspend the pipes, but I'm unsure how to hang the threaded rod from the ceiling beams here. Because these aren't normal I-beams I can't just use an easy to find I-beam clamp. Suggestions for this? In the event of needing to hang one of the rods between the beams I was thinking that some type of unistrut could be attached and then the rod hung from the unistrut. It'll be weird to overcome the 23 degree angle of the beams though.
So, I'm looking for hardware suggestions to attach a threaded rod, and suggestions on how to hang a TV.
For the TV I'd imaging that hanging with cable would be easiest, and that using a vertically hung pipe would be tricky since I need to drop down so far from the ceiling. I can't find any VESA mounts designed for overhead hanging use though.
Appreciate any input anyone may have!
There is a drop ceiling about 8' below this real ceiling.
There is some space (maybe an inch) between the beams and the ceiling as there are wooden spacers between the beams and ceiling, so something could potentially go all the way around the beam if it's slim enough.
Anyway, I need to hang 2 things for a couple separate projects.
First off is a TV. I need to hang it a couple feet below the drop ceiling, so a total of around 10'-12'.
I'm having trouble finding hardware specifically for this. Any suggestions? Not a good idea?
The other is a couple dead-hung pipe battens. I'm planning on using threaded rod to suspend the pipes, but I'm unsure how to hang the threaded rod from the ceiling beams here. Because these aren't normal I-beams I can't just use an easy to find I-beam clamp. Suggestions for this? In the event of needing to hang one of the rods between the beams I was thinking that some type of unistrut could be attached and then the rod hung from the unistrut. It'll be weird to overcome the 23 degree angle of the beams though.
So, I'm looking for hardware suggestions to attach a threaded rod, and suggestions on how to hang a TV.
For the TV I'd imaging that hanging with cable would be easiest, and that using a vertically hung pipe would be tricky since I need to drop down so far from the ceiling. I can't find any VESA mounts designed for overhead hanging use though.
Appreciate any input anyone may have!