Record Power AC 400 air filter mounting

[themack]

I have hung my Record Power AC 400 from the ceiling in my workshop last night. The ceiling is only 2.10 m high to comply with planning (it's a garden room). I managed to fix the hooks the right width, but in order to use the ceiling beam I had to have the hooks 7 cm further back than the actual hooks from the unit dictate, which is not a problem. I can walk underneath, but would like to hang it a bit higher. I could ditch the chain supplied ( which doesn't look very sturdy in the first place?) and try to hang it hook on hook or use the supplied ring as connector? Has anyone tried that? I am obviously looking for a safe way as I don't want the unit to end up on the floor, it weighs 14 kg after all

 

[fezman]

I stood mine up vertically on a shelf - works great

 

[robgul]

I mounted mine against the ceiling - the pic shows the principle although the ceiling is now insulated and has plasterboard - the Record unit is flush against the ceiling with the "legs" hanging down and attached to a piece of 12mm OSB to form a thin platform (between the legs) - that maximises the under-height. The remote is stored on the edge of the platform (I'm about 6'3" so no problem to reach it)

 

[themack]

I stood mine up vertically on a shelf - works great

Sadly I haven't got the space for a shelf anymore which would be in the right position.

mounted mine against the ceiling - the pic shows the principle although the ceiling is now insulated and has plasterboard - the Record unit is flush against the ceiling with the "legs" hanging down and attached to a piece of 12mm OSB to form a thin platform (between the legs) - that maximises the under-height. The remote is stored on the edge of the platform (I'm about 6'3" so no problem to reach it)

Thanks for the picture, I might have to resort to that with mounting it via battens screwed directly to the ceiling.

 

[Nail]

How about a double sided horizontal French cleat, for want of a better description.

Mount the unit to a plate with angled edges. Fit two French cleats flat to the ceiling.

You can then slide the unit in and out for maintenance.

 

[robgul]

Sadly I haven't got the space for a shelf anymore which would be in the right position.




Thanks for the picture, I might have to resort to that with mounting it via battens screwed directly to the ceiling.

That's pretty much how I did it once the ceiling was boarded - battens attached to the joist at 90 degrees to fix the end of the legs.

This thread has reminded me that I need to relocate the filter as I've moved the woodwork machine area of my workshop (and the overhead space where it is now will store some of my bicycle related, infrequently used, tools)

 

[Bingy man]

Or a length of builders steel bent to shape around the unit and screwed to the ceiling

 

[Steliz]

In my last workshop which was in the basement I had mine mounted to the ceiling as you have described and there was no problem.

 

[brocher]

I have a small workshop and when I fitted the AC400 to my ceiling with the chains, it was obviously too low as I could bump my head on it. So I just hung it from the 4 hooks I had put into the ceiling.

No problems whatsoever.

Given some of the ideas mentioned before, if I had a larger workshop with a bit more ceiling height, then I might have tried the shelf on battens idea. But I have to live with what I have.

 

[Ollie78]

Instead of chains I just used 4 screw in hooks at 90 degrees to the ones on the unit.

 

[themack]

Hi all

thanks for all your suggestions. Gives me food for thought. I thought about just hanging them hook on hook, but the two hooks at the back are not aligned to the hooks above as the roof joists are not the width of the hooks, they are 7 cm further away.

 

[gregmcateer]

Hi all

thanks for all your suggestions. Gives me food for thought. I thought about just hanging them hook on hook, but the two hooks at the back are not aligned to the hooks above as the roof joists are not the width of the hooks, they are 7 cm further away.

Could you put in a 'noggin' between the joists, which can be spaced correctly?

 

[Puggers]

To get mine as close to the ceiling as I could I used microwave brackets. The arms can extend to virtually cover the whole of the base of the AC400 and haven’t flexed.

You can get them at Screwfix or Toolstation for around £25 but mine were off the big A store for half that.

 

[themack]

Good idea, but my beams are not exposed.

I think I will end up putting a 2x4 beam between two joists and align the hooks properly in order to do the hook on hook hanging.

 

[Bob101]

I used a couple of pieces of roofing batten screwed into the soffit, and then fixed directly to that

 

[HamsterJam]

I have hung my Record Power AC 400 from the ceiling in my workshop last night. The ceiling is only 2.10 m high to comply with planning (it's a garden room). I managed to fix the hooks the right width, but in order to use the ceiling beam I had to have the hooks 7 cm further back than the actual hooks from the unit dictate, which is not a problem. I can walk underneath, but would like to hang it a bit higher. I could ditch the chain supplied ( which doesn't look very sturdy in the first place?) and try to hang it hook on hook or use the supplied ring as connector? Has anyone tried that? I am obviously looking for a safe way as I don't want the unit to end up on the floor, it weighs 14 kg after all

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Mine is on the inside of a pitched roof. The side nearest the wall, where the ceiling is lowest, is hung with the hooks on the top of the AC400 unit directly connected to hooks in the ceiling.
I used the chains on the other side so it hangs level.
It was quite a task to get the hooks on the AC400 onto the 2 hooks in the ceiling without a chain. I think you’ll struggle to do it with 4 -
Edit: Just seen that others have done it so I guess it isn’t that difficult.

 

[Nail]

How about two pan hook rails on the ceiling?

 

[Inspector]

I'd be tempted to remove the hooks from the machine and place hooks outside the edge of the machine into the ceiling. Then use a couple ratchet straps slung under and around to pull it hard against the ceiling. If 1" wide straps can hold half a ton in my pickup for an 1800km drive without coming loose they will keep the filter up and out of the way in your shop. It is one of the simple ways to get maximum height under it.

Pete