Installing Ceiling Hooks

You will also need a ceiling hook kit available in most major home stores.

Installing ceiling hooks. These handy kits mean you only need to mark off intervals where you ll install the brackets nail in the brackets and then thread in the pre bent heavy duty hooks that will support the grid. Screw your ceiling hook into the drilled pilot hole. Install a drill bit that is slightly smaller than the size of your screw hook.

Such concerns take on even more importance in. A joist is one of the beams that supports a ceiling. Quickhang grid hook kits.

If you re having trouble tightening the hook stick a screwdriver horizontally through the curved portion of the hook and twist it like a vice. They come in a variety of sizes and weight limitations so have a look around to find the best swag hook for your plants. An electric hand drill a drill bit of the appropriate size and goggles to protect the eyes from falling debris.

For items lighter than 5 lb 2 3 kg you can use an adhesive hook as an easy alternative. I always hang my plants from the ceiling using a swag hook and an adjustable hanging chain. Hanging a plant hook using a ceiling joist is the most secure way and the safest especially if you plan to hang a heavy planter.

In the kit there is a hook. Turn the hook clockwise to secure it into the ceiling. And another threaded shank or screw which is threaded.

A threaded shank or screw which is threaded on both ends. Swag hooks are easy to install safer than standard threaded hooks and they look so much nicer too. Hang items heavier than 10 lb 4 5 kg from a ceiling joist.