We'll just find the ceiling joists with a stud finder, mark them with chalk lines, and nail gun
them into the joists.
If a carpeted floor squeaks, the solution is to drive nails or screws through the carpeting and the plywood subfloor and
into joists below.
Attaching directly
into the joists of a wall, or into a concrete or brick wall, you can be confident knowing that you will have the secure support that is needed to execute various types of pull ups safely.
I don't think there's any reason why you can't shoot a finish nail straight
into the joist without the furring strips.
Not exact matches
This does not take
into account thermal bridging of the wall framing including the studs, rim
joist and top and bottom plates which allows heat to bypass the insulation, decreasing the whole wall R - value.
1 Wolf Easi -
Joists in the roof for organised installation of services; 2 Windows bracketed externally onto blocks to reduce cold bridging; 3 The walls are externally insulated with 200 mm Xtratherm platinum EPS 100 insulation; 4 EPS brought up
into eaves to meet roof insulation; 5 Airtight parge coat to walls, with Intello membrane to ceiling and battening for the Gypframe ceiling to contain services inside the airtight layer; 6 Cooper Insulation's Wincon unit, which enabled the Linham team to test for obvious air leakage points as they worked.
To keep skylight costs down and avoid having to reframe ceiling
joists and roof rafters, he advises using designs that fit
into a standard
joist space.
Hi Marilyn, You could try doing what we did... install furring strips to the ceiling (screwing them
into the ceiling
joists).
If you don't have wood underneath your sheetrock, you'll definitely need to drive your nails
into the ceiling
joists to make sure the planks stay up!
We started by finding the
joists in the ceiling and screwing furring strips
into them.
So I want to stay somewhat «true» with a few upcycles - like a slipper tub with one of those incredibly sturdy «U-bars» to the side, that bolts
into the floor
joist.