Quick question,
We have a newer model townhome built in 2000. The garage was all drywalled (walls and ceiling) when we purchased it. It's roughly a 24' X 30' attached garage.
I am trying to install some simple ceiling storage racks (won't carry much weight at all) and from what my stud finders are telling me, it appears that the ceiling joists are spaced 48 inches apart, across the width of the garage. Along the length (running from joist to joist) there appear to be some type of furring strips or something like that. The drywall appears to be screwed into the joists and the furring strips. These strips do not appear to be very thick as we have driven a couple of finish nails in as tests and they poke right through.
Is this normal? I really don't want to pull down drywall to have to figure out exactly what's up there. I can probabaly run some type of cleat on the ouside of the drywall across the ceiling joists for what I am trying to do but i just wondered if what i am describing is fairly normal for a garage.
Thanks,
Tom
We have a newer model townhome built in 2000. The garage was all drywalled (walls and ceiling) when we purchased it. It's roughly a 24' X 30' attached garage.
I am trying to install some simple ceiling storage racks (won't carry much weight at all) and from what my stud finders are telling me, it appears that the ceiling joists are spaced 48 inches apart, across the width of the garage. Along the length (running from joist to joist) there appear to be some type of furring strips or something like that. The drywall appears to be screwed into the joists and the furring strips. These strips do not appear to be very thick as we have driven a couple of finish nails in as tests and they poke right through.
Is this normal? I really don't want to pull down drywall to have to figure out exactly what's up there. I can probabaly run some type of cleat on the ouside of the drywall across the ceiling joists for what I am trying to do but i just wondered if what i am describing is fairly normal for a garage.
Thanks,
Tom