How’s it hanging?

[richard poitras]

I am wondering how is everyone hanging or supporting there duct work to the ceiling? I just ordered the duct work for my cyclone and was wondering the best way to support it that is easy/convenient for installation.

.Thanks Richard

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Richard.....I hung mine using metal plumbing strapping material.

Here's a photo: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=82487&d=1203910567

The walls are covered with plywood and the ceiling with sheetrock.

On the ceiling I cut pieces of 2x2, screwed them to the bottom cords of the rafters and then anchored the DC piping to the 2x2s.

On the walls, I just screwed the metal anchor material to the plywood.

[Rod Sheridan]

Hi, I made hangers out of MDF, I cut the hole with a bandsaw, the entry kerf is the part that's glued to a cleat for attaching the pipe to the building.....Rod.

[Paul Wunder]

I used plastic pipe strapping material to hang my 6" PVC. Because I have a suspended ceiling in my basement I dropped 2 by 3's from the joists next to pipe. The plastic strapping is strong and easier to work with, I think, than the metal. The rigidity of the pipe itself when connected to each other also adds to the stability of the whole system.

Enjoy breathing better when you are all set up!

[Ole Anderson]

Catchy thread title. ;)

Interesting, this is the second time this came up in just a few weeks. I used the duct hangers available from PennState, but if you really do have a ceiling and not joists, other ways shown in this thread may work better:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?192332-how-close-to-ceiling-to-run-overhead-ducting

[Matt Meiser]

I put large screw eyes in the wall/ceiling and used the giant zip ties sold in the heating duct section of Lowes. One really nice thing is that you can install the ties loose, get everything put together, then tighten them up.

[David Hawxhurst]

eye bolts/screws and string (actually 550 cord) because thats what i had on hand.

[Alan Bienlein]

I used scrap 1/2" ply wood to make my hangers. They slide over my duct work to add some support since I used snap loc and didn't want any problems with them collapsing if I closed all the blast gates.
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[David Helm]

+1 on the giant zip ties. Relatively cheap and very easy to install.

[Ron Natalie]

I installed triangular shelf brackets around my shop. The 6" DC piping goes thorugh the middle of the triangle. Gives me storage above...

[Dan Hintz]

I used plastic pipe strapping material to hang my 6" PVC.

Same here... cheap, strong, works.

[richard poitras]

Thanks for all the tips. I think I am leaning to the plastic strap idea....

[Jim O'Dell]

I used the solid rubber tie down straps like this from HD:http://tinyurl.com/bq86x4m Most of them are attached to eye bolts, but this one, 244465 and a couple others, are screwed down to the OSB ceiling with fender washers. They have worked well for me and I think they add a little vibration isolation to help with noise transfer. Jim.