Hello. I am a professional dancer, who is at my wits end trying to install my new dance pole. The apartment I rent from has vaulted ceilings with metal layered between the sheet rock and the joists. For whatever reason, my joist finder is giving me inaccurate readings. At first I thought it might be the popcorn ceiling that was affecting the joist finder. I am still unsure if this is affecting it as well. I really don't want to blindly drill holes in my ceiling anymore and I can't seem to find anyone who installs any sort of dance equipment in the phone book.
Every time I drill into the ceiling I hit metal. The metal bits can drill past it, but instead of finding a joist like the finder suggests, there is empty space.
Are there any repair men or women out there who can help me sort this out?
Thank you
Evalynn
2007-02-25 20:48:04 · 2 answers · asked by Evalyn 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
You want to go to the unit above you, or the roof, and drop a test line down and find it on your side.
Most likely there will be a few thin layers of crap between you and the joist, so you are going to have to cut away the plaster to make a proper fit.
You also could take a 4ftx4ft by 1/2 plywood piece and screw that to the ceiling with 5 inch screws every inch and you will hit some joist or make it strong enough with that amount of surface area. (That will make a lot of little holes, but it should work)
2007-03-04 05:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by Santa Barbara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my pole is to long?
2015-11-04 06:02:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋