BobWelland
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2002
- Location
- Seattle, WA. USA
I've decided to clean up the ceiling of my shop with Unistrut like stuff (I will most likely use superstrut because I can get it easily) and I have a few questions.
I want to organize three things,
1. Florescent lighting
2. Electrical conduit
3. Air supply
Right now the ceiling is a mess with each of these elements hogging the ceiling and forcing me to route around.
My dream is to organize all of these using the same struts. With the channel oriented up-wards (the U shape is up) I would like to:
1. Hang lighting from the struts
2. Clamp electrical conduit to the top
3. Clamp air lines (1" copper) to the top
My plan is to hang the struts from the ceiling perhaps 8" using threaded stock. The stock would be mounted to the ceiling in a manner TBD but the support would be to the bottom of the floor boards.
Is this workable? Or is it more common to use separate struts for electrical and pipe?
Lastly, there seem to be at least three vendors. So far, I've seen Unistrut, Superstrut, and Kindorf. Is there any significant difference between these folks?
Cheers,
Bob Welland
I want to organize three things,
1. Florescent lighting
2. Electrical conduit
3. Air supply
Right now the ceiling is a mess with each of these elements hogging the ceiling and forcing me to route around.
My dream is to organize all of these using the same struts. With the channel oriented up-wards (the U shape is up) I would like to:
1. Hang lighting from the struts
2. Clamp electrical conduit to the top
3. Clamp air lines (1" copper) to the top
My plan is to hang the struts from the ceiling perhaps 8" using threaded stock. The stock would be mounted to the ceiling in a manner TBD but the support would be to the bottom of the floor boards.
Is this workable? Or is it more common to use separate struts for electrical and pipe?
Lastly, there seem to be at least three vendors. So far, I've seen Unistrut, Superstrut, and Kindorf. Is there any significant difference between these folks?
Cheers,
Bob Welland