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Hello! I have a pretty basic question I think, and I hope you smart people can help :)
I'm hanging some sound absorbing panels from a celing, they look like this -> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3assll5b1wbj8b6/2017-06-26 21.50.21.jpg?dl=0
1.2m x 0,6m, around 7 kg heavy, light wooden frame, mineral wool inside.
I'll screw in little hooks to each corner of the frame (4 hooks), and then hang the frame parallel to the ceiling (they will hang around 30 cm away from it). On the ceiling there are some wooden beams to which I will also screw hooks, and connect them with a chain to hooks on the corners of my panels.
The "problem" is that the distance between the ceiling beams is more than the width of the panel, which means that the chains will be at an angle. A bit hard for me to explain... Here's how it will look like -> https://www.dropbox.com/s/odbdi0ckoy3k7ei/2017-06-26 21.50.05.jpg?dl=0 . There's a beam on both sides of the panel obviously.
My question is... How to ANGLE the hooks so that there's least stress on the weakest parameter, which is the wooden frame I think... Should hook screws be perpendicular to the frame / ceiling (as they are in picture), or should I angle the screw hooks one towards the other, so that they follow the direction of the connecting chain?
My intuition is that if they are perpendicular to the wall / frame, then there's more stress on the part of the screw just outside of the wooden frame, so the screw might brake, but if the screws are screwed in at an angle (following the direction of the connecting chain), then there's more "stress" on the wood ... Is this correct?
Suggestions?
Thank you!
p.s. - I apologize if this is too basic :)
I'm hanging some sound absorbing panels from a celing, they look like this -> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3assll5b1wbj8b6/2017-06-26 21.50.21.jpg?dl=0
1.2m x 0,6m, around 7 kg heavy, light wooden frame, mineral wool inside.
I'll screw in little hooks to each corner of the frame (4 hooks), and then hang the frame parallel to the ceiling (they will hang around 30 cm away from it). On the ceiling there are some wooden beams to which I will also screw hooks, and connect them with a chain to hooks on the corners of my panels.
The "problem" is that the distance between the ceiling beams is more than the width of the panel, which means that the chains will be at an angle. A bit hard for me to explain... Here's how it will look like -> https://www.dropbox.com/s/odbdi0ckoy3k7ei/2017-06-26 21.50.05.jpg?dl=0 . There's a beam on both sides of the panel obviously.
My question is... How to ANGLE the hooks so that there's least stress on the weakest parameter, which is the wooden frame I think... Should hook screws be perpendicular to the frame / ceiling (as they are in picture), or should I angle the screw hooks one towards the other, so that they follow the direction of the connecting chain?
My intuition is that if they are perpendicular to the wall / frame, then there's more stress on the part of the screw just outside of the wooden frame, so the screw might brake, but if the screws are screwed in at an angle (following the direction of the connecting chain), then there's more "stress" on the wood ... Is this correct?
Suggestions?
Thank you!
p.s. - I apologize if this is too basic :)