![]() ![]() A shoutout should be made to my lovely assistant who recommended using an angle to the other rafter for ease of installation. Once the anchor was in place, I seated the first steel pole into it to get the distance for the second anchor. Additionally, after the initial seating, I went back and added several alternating pattern deep length deck screws to support the lag bolts and to improve overall stability of the ceiling anchor. Also, the pictures don't show this, but I feel I should mention, each of the lag bolts was seated with a washer so that it would really hold the flange and the 2x4 onto the rafter. Luckily, I had my socket driver, and with a little elbow grease, i got them to seat nicely. I had to muscle the hex lag bolts the last of the way because my adorable little 19V powerdrill did not have the Oomph necessary to finish the job. Word of warning (because I goofed a bit here) my drill bit was a bit short and did not fully drive deeply enough into the rafter. (I knew I wasn't going to get another shot at it and I didn't want to wreck my ceiling). The rafters, or the inner arms, should be pushed to the top of the opposing arms. Slide the rafters up the awning arms and lock them. You can use your hands to pull the strap the rest of the way until the awning is fully extended. Cindy 20 minute AMRAP 5 pull ups 10 push ups 15 air squats note rounds completed. After finding the ceiling rafters with the stud finder, I predrilled the holes into them and made sure that each predrilled hole would line up. Use the rod to pull the strap straight out, opening the awning. Joist are typically spaced 16 inches apart. ![]()
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