Do you have to go up in the attic to reinforce this rack?
1667753
No, I don't have an attic, I just found the studs. My rack hold tons of things; 10 pots, all my utensils, strainers, glass platter on the top shelf with no problem.
1667754
No I did not have to go into my attic, but I only have my collection of pots and pans on this rack. Make sure you have not just screwed screws into plaster. That is sure to fail. Reinforce appropriately. Your hardware store has great ideas on hooks which distribute force into plaster and are decorative too.
1667755
No, we did not have to go up to the attic. We were able to attach the four chains to two of the rafters (using a "stud finder). It is very sturdy and holds most of our large heavier pots. We moved into a house with a much smaller kitchen than we had previously, so this was a great space saver as well as being much more convenient. I looked at many pot racks, and this seemed to be the best for us, as well as being reasonably priced. It makes cooking much more pleasant! NOTE: I spent oever 40 years in commercial kitchens so I knew what to look for!
1667756
We did not have to. I guess it would depend on the type of pots and pans you have. If they were very heavy, I would reinforce. Regular pots and pans are fine. Hope this helps!
1667757
No we did not have to go into our attic. We were able to attach the rack just fine by find studs to attack the hooks to. I also wove heavy gauge picture wire through the chains for extra reinforcement and wrapped the ends around the hooks. This was to keep the rack from falling with all my heavy pans. It really holds a lot of weight this way. You can't go wrong purchasing this rack. It looks great and is very sturdy.
751808
Yes if you anchor it correctly. The supplied screws will not be long enough to screw into the ceiling joist but if you purchase longer ones you should be fine. I feel with the weight of the rack and the glasses, plastic anchors will not be strong enough in drywall.
176228
The rack is very secure. Not necessary to re-tighten it. For me it works great
1943884
Possibly if you take it out off the packaging first. Then assemble on the rooftop.
751961
Not really. You could rest them on the bar at the top, stabilizing the item(s) while you descend or mount. I usu have someone hand me heavy items once I am up on the ladder or hand things down to someone.
29098
I didnt put mine in the attic but, in order to safely get it on my roof I "folded" it up. If you loosen the screws you can collapse it fairly flat and it will fit through most attic stairways. R//Joe
1777323
No, it is not constructed that way. I suppose you could make the legs that come out permanently out so they don't fold up then hang the rack on the wall but then it would stick out. If you tried to wall mount it flat, everything would fall out.
256098
Yes. This could work depending on the weight you put on the edges of the racks. The supports 24" apart would serve to hold a great amount of weight over the center of the racks. You could always go into attic space (if available) and place a support (2x4 or equivalent to joist) between the joists to which you could bolt the metal supports.
2086044
No, this power rack does NOT need to be bolted to the floor, as long as you place it upon a level surface. I should caution you, however, that if you take the bar holders (not the safety pins, the bar holders to rack and unrack the barbell) out from the rack and place them on the front so that you can do outside-of-the-rack work you have to be careful just how much weight you place on the barbell, depending on the height. I prefer to do standing barbell presses outside of my power rack because i have longer than average arms and i cannot lockout the barbell overhead inside of the power rack while standing. This advice is obvious, though, as loading the barbell heavy on the front-outside of the rack places all of the weight (- the power rack itself) all on one side of the rack. BUT since this rack comes with a back extension piece that holds your weights for you (instead of having to use a weight tree) as long as you place some weight on it this will counter-balance this. Of course, I'm not speaking of "little" poundages either. If you place the bar holders on the front-outside and start loading the bar up, you can go up several hundred pounds before having to even worry about any imbalances of the actual rack. THIS, obviously, has to do with how high you set the bar holders; the higher up they are the more 'top heavy' you stress the balance of the rack. You CAN bolt it to the floor but it is highly unnecessary for as long as the power rack is on a level surface it is built to last and there's honestly NO way of tipping it over unless you actually tried to do so, which obviously no one would purposely do, lol. As i've told others, i've owned several power racks in my 20 years of lifting, and this one (if it is still at the same price i paid for it) is HIGHLY recommended. I've never had ANY problems with this power rack, and i work out frequently, heavy, hard, and have given mine plenty of beatings that would've destroyed a lot of other pieces of lifting equipment. Hope this helps =-)
1084325
I wouldn't. Where the rack is great for a pantry or light garage items the frame of the unit is weak.
1838535
No with the bike loaded it makes it very heavy to do so. Can do it with rack only no bikes.
1991638
Not without reinforcement. I had to add a piece of plywood to the bottom to do that. The bottom is thin and not built for this purpose, unlock most pochade boxes. So you can do it if you have woodworking skills. Otherwise, get a real pochade box.
2028308
Yes, you can put them where you need to. It's one of the best features of this rack.
918934
pull on the top level and it will collapse down like other racks, keep in mind the rack is heavier and more sturdy than most.
840203
Yes - you can raise the shelf up, but you have to keep in mind that it provides the stability of the whole thing by tying the 4 legs together in conjunction with the top. If you put it up too high, the legs may become less stable. It's rock-solid as depicted.
1220382
Hi, yes you can do this as it is not structurally mandatory. Thank you! South Shore team
1068605
Technically you can mount it using zip ties, but load capacity would be compromised as the design relies on the screw depth. I would not recommend this rack for your application..