Want to hang a bike rack....

Whats best way to find out where the beams are underneath the artexed
ceiling. Apart from the obvious of guessing by seeing how hollow it
sounds when i hit it with a broom handle and then drilling a hole.

Are the beams likely to run across the garage or up/down?

BTW- theres a bedroom above the garage if that makes any difference....

On 24/03/2011 20:35, paulfoel wrote:
> Want to hang a bike rack....
>
> Whats best way to find out where the beams are underneath the artexed
> ceiling. Apart from the obvious of guessing by seeing how hollow it
> sounds when i hit it with a broom handle and then drilling a hole.
>
> Are the beams likely to run across the garage or up/down?
>
> BTW- theres a bedroom above the garage if that makes any difference....


Which way do the bedroom floorboards run? The joists will be at right
angles to these - and you can tell where they are from the rows of
nails. With a bit of careful measuring you can then work out where the
joists are relative to the garage ceiling.
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Roger
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On Mar 24, 8:35*pm, paulfoel <bertiebigbol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Want to hang a bike rack....
>
> Whats best way to find out where the beams are underneath the artexed
> ceiling. Apart from the obvious of guessing by seeing how hollow it
> sounds when i hit it with a broom handle and then drilling a hole.
>
> Are the beams likely to run across the garage or up/down?
>
> BTW- theres a bedroom above the garage if that makes any difference....

Just tap it with your knuckles, run back and forth over it and you'll
work it out. Spacing is usually 16", sometimes 2'.


NT

On 24/03/2011 20:35, paulfoel wrote:
> Want to hang a bike rack....
>
> Whats best way to find out where the beams are underneath the artexed
> ceiling. Apart from the obvious of guessing by seeing how hollow it
> sounds when i hit it with a broom handle and then drilling a hole.
>
> Are the beams likely to run across the garage or up/down?
>
> BTW- theres a bedroom above the garage if that makes any difference....

Have they skimmed the garage ceiling ? Very posh!

On mine you can see the lines of nails/pins holding the plasterboard to
the beams.

And, for what it's worth, they run across the width of the garage.

On 24/03/2011 20:35, paulfoel wrote:
> Want to hang a bike rack....
>
> Whats best way to find out where the beams are underneath the artexed
> ceiling. Apart from the obvious of guessing by seeing how hollow it
> sounds when i hit it with a broom handle and then drilling a hole.
>
> Are the beams likely to run across the garage or up/down?

More likely to be across the width, but can't guarantee it.

If knocking doesn't work, and presumably you haven't got a stud detector
or you wouldn't be asking the question, the esiest was would be just to
drill test holes with your smallest drill to locate the beam - after all
it's a *garage* ceiling, not your living room; and it's got Artex on
which will conceal the holes (which could be completely hidden by
bunging a bit of filler in).

David