poplar wood strong enough for hanging?

Thanks for everyone's input!

Yeah...hangin a 6' alum and 7' fiberglass ladder.
I thought of 1x4 pine...but ladders are bit heavier and I wasn't sure
if 4 screws into the upside U type of braket into 3/4" thick pine was
sufficient to hold each ladder. Each screw would only have a good bite
of say 5/8" into the wood. I have no idea of the holding strength. I
could try hanging on it. :) ....maybe not!
I'm guessing the fiberglass one is 30 lbs? i should weight it i guess.
plus I plan to hang things like shovels and garden tools too.


Peter Huebner wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
> >
> > Is 1x2 poplar wood strong enough? I was thinking of attaching this
> > board with 1 or 2 wood screws every 16 or 32 inches on each stud. Is
> > every 32" sufficient? Is 1.5" screw into the wood stud good
> > enough(will add screw length for the wood and drywall)? can I get by
> > with 1" net of screw into the wood stud?
> >
>
> 1x4 or 6x3/4 will do. Use at least 2 2-1/2" screws per stud, or 2 3" nails.
>
> There's no way I would hang a ladder of 1x2 of anything, except aluminium or
> steel :-)
>
> -P.
>
> --
> =========================================
> firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com

It's a one piece U hook with 2 legs. There are 4 mounting
holes....about 3 inches apart such that it's designed to attach to a
horizontal x4 board. I'm trying to store the ladders vertically,
hence the reason for a hanging board. There are fire boards running
horizontally between studs, but not wide enough for this purpose nor at
the right height.

Leuf wrote:
> On 6 Jun 2006 15:48:58 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
> >Thanks for everyone's input!
> >
> >Yeah...hangin a 6' alum and 7' fiberglass ladder.
> >I thought of 1x4 pine...but ladders are bit heavier and I wasn't sure
> >if 4 screws into the upside U type of braket into 3/4" thick pine was
> >sufficient to hold each ladder. Each screw would only have a good bite
> >of say 5/8" into the wood. I have no idea of the holding strength. I
> >could try hanging on it. :) ....maybe not!
> >I'm guessing the fiberglass one is 30 lbs? i should weight it i guess.
> >plus I plan to hang things like shovels and garden tools too.
>
> I can't see why you'd bother putting up a board for the ladder hooks.
> Just run the hooks straight into the studs and be done with it.
>
>
> -Leuf

On 6 Jun 2006 15:48:58 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>Thanks for everyone's input!
>
>Yeah...hangin a 6' alum and 7' fiberglass ladder.
>I thought of 1x4 pine...but ladders are bit heavier and I wasn't sure
>if 4 screws into the upside U type of braket into 3/4" thick pine was
>sufficient to hold each ladder. Each screw would only have a good bite
>of say 5/8" into the wood. I have no idea of the holding strength. I
>could try hanging on it. :) ....maybe not!
>I'm guessing the fiberglass one is 30 lbs? i should weight it i guess.
>plus I plan to hang things like shovels and garden tools too.

I can't see why you'd bother putting up a board for the ladder hooks.
Just run the hooks straight into the studs and be done with it.


-Leuf

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> Is 1x2 poplar wood strong enough? I was thinking of attaching this
> board with 1 or 2 wood screws every 16 or 32 inches on each stud. Is
> every 32" sufficient? Is 1.5" screw into the wood stud good
> enough(will add screw length for the wood and drywall)? can I get by
> with 1" net of screw into the wood stud?
>

1x4 or 6x3/4 will do. Use at least 2 2-1/2" screws per stud, or 2 3" nails.

There's no way I would hang a ladder of 1x2 of anything, except aluminium or
steel :-)

-P.

--
=========================================
firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com

Peter Huebner wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>>
>> Is 1x2 poplar wood strong enough? I was thinking of attaching this
>> board with 1 or 2 wood screws every 16 or 32 inches on each stud. Is
>> every 32" sufficient? Is 1.5" screw into the wood stud good
>> enough(will add screw length for the wood and drywall)? can I get by
>> with 1" net of screw into the wood stud?
>>
>
> 1x4 or 6x3/4 will do. Use at least 2 2-1/2" screws per stud, or 2 3"
> nails.
>
> There's no way I would hang a ladder of 1x2 of anything, except aluminium
> or steel :-)

I think he means storing the ladder by hanging it on the wall, not hanging
it to climb on.


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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm not sure if this is the right news group...but here it goes. I'm a
> newbie at doing this stuff.
>
> I want to hang some stuff on a finished garage wall. I was thinking of
> putting a wood strip, horizontally to hang various items on hooks such
> as a couple of ladders, garden tools, etc..
> mainly it's a support piece in between the studs.
>
> Is 1x2 poplar wood strong enough? I was thinking of attaching this
> board with 1 or 2 wood screws every 16 or 32 inches on each stud. Is
> every 32" sufficient? Is 1.5" screw into the wood stud good
> enough(will add screw length for the wood and drywall)? can I get by
> with 1" net of screw into the wood stud?
>
> I know 2x4 would do the job....but i was looking for a lower profile
> board(ie 1") to stick closer to the wall and look perhaps better.
>
> Any advice would be great.
> Thanks!
>
> -joe
>
I usually use a pine 1x4 for such purposes. Pine cheaper than poplar and
just about as strong.
Put a 3 inch long #10 screw into every stud.
Jim

On 5 Jun 2006 14:54:03 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>I'm not sure if this is the right news group...but here it goes. I'm a
>newbie at doing this stuff.
>
>I want to hang some stuff on a finished garage wall.

Phew! From the title of your post I thought you were an executioner :-)

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