I'm going to be working on a project at church hanging a couple of 100 lb. TVs in the sanctuary. The building is an A-frame type structure built in the mid 1970s with large glue-lam rafters (probably 6"x18"s) as the visible support element. The visible ceiling surface is made of tongue and groove boards. My first thought was that this was either 1x6 t&g applied to the underside of some other ceiling material or something like t&g car decking applied on top of the rafters. If the latter, then the t&g would be part of the structural support of the roof instead of just ornamentation. For a number of reasons I can't just hang the TVs from the rafters, so it's important to understand the structure of what's behind the ceiling
I am trying to figure out a non-destructive way to determine which of the two alternatives (or something else) I'm dealing with. Any thoughts?
Also, I'll get another look at it later in the week, but since I was in the building last, someone else took a look at the ceiling and thinks the t&g might be 3-3.5" thick! Anyone on the forum familiar with this sort of church ceiling construction? Could that actually be possible? If so, is there any way to non-destructively confirm that's what we might be dealing with?
Thanks,
--dave
I am trying to figure out a non-destructive way to determine which of the two alternatives (or something else) I'm dealing with. Any thoughts?
Also, I'll get another look at it later in the week, but since I was in the building last, someone else took a look at the ceiling and thinks the t&g might be 3-3.5" thick! Anyone on the forum familiar with this sort of church ceiling construction? Could that actually be possible? If so, is there any way to non-destructively confirm that's what we might be dealing with?
Thanks,
--dave
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