Metal plate between joist and drywall in garage ceiling

[DBM]

I'd like to bolt a perforated metal piece on the ceiling of the garage
(similar to those used to create the truss for the garage door
opener). I used a stud finder to locate the joists. However, when I
tried to screw the bolt in, it goes through the drywall, then it can't
go into the joist. It seems that it hits a metal plate. I tried
poking several locations and they all have this metal plate behind the
drywall.

So, what's going on there? Is there a wooden joist behind that metal
plate or not? Can I just screw through the metal plate? If not, how
did they bolt in the truss for the garage door opener?

Thanks a lot for any help!
Doug

[the original greggie gibson]

DBM wrote:

>
>
> So, what's going on there? Is there a wooden joist behind that metal
> plate or not? Can I just screw through the metal plate? If not, how
> did they bolt in the truss for the garage door opener?
>
> Thanks a lot for any help!
> Doug

newer home? metal studs?

[Newsgroups]

"the original greggie gibson" <alt.consumer...@newsgroup.to> wrote
in message news:bEvL9.846$mL2.17...@news.inreach.com...

You may have hit a metal nail guard, which is attached to joists to protect
electrical wiring that passes through the joist at the location where you
are drilling.

[Brad Bruce]

dmac...@hotmail.com (DBM) wrote in
news:8bbeefcc.02121...@posting.google.com:

Time to climb into the attic and find out!

You could try a magnetic screw (stud) finder and see where the plate ends.

You could also drill through the plate (last resort)

[Lou W]

"Brad Bruce" <NJBra...@OptOnline.Net> wrote in message
news:Xns92E6D0140CE3EN...@167.206.3.2...

And possibly go through a water pipe

[Don S.]

In article <8bbeefcc.02121...@posting.google.com>, dmac...@hotmail.com (DBM) wrote:
>I'd like to bolt a perforated metal piece on the ceiling of the garage
>(similar to those used to create the truss for the garage door
>opener). I used a stud finder to locate the joists. However, when I
>tried to screw the bolt in, it goes through the drywall, then it can't
>go into the joist. It seems that it hits a metal plate. I tried
>poking several locations and they all have this metal plate behind the
>drywall.

It may be a metal support beam.

-don

[jh...@mindspring.com]

On 16 Dec 2002 16:43:08 -0800, dmac...@hotmail.com (DBM) wrote:

>So, what's going on there? Is there a wooden joist behind that metal
>plate or not? Can I just screw through the metal plate? If not, how
>did they bolt in the truss for the garage door opener?

are you sure that the joist is in fact wood and not a steel beam?

[TakeThisOut]

Or worse, is it a boxed-in steel I beam?

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[DBM]

Thank you very much for your suggestions. Let me try to summarize
your questions so far:

1. Is it a newer home? Yes, it's 5 years old.
2. Are there metal studs? I doubt it. The attic studs are all wood,
but I can't be 100% sure since this is between the first and second
floor.
3. Is it a nail guard? That's what I thought, but can it be that I
can be so lucky that I managed to find nail guards at four different
random locations? Is there ever a case when the nail guard extends
the length of the whole beam?
4. I would be afraid to drill blindly through it just in case there
is some electrical wiring or piping.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks!
Doug

[pat]

"DBM" <dmac...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8bbeefcc.0212...@posting.google.com...

Rip down the drywall and see.

It's in your garage, and it's just drywall.

Jeez.

if you want, cut out for a metal inspection hatch, and use that to neaten up
the walls.

I've got inspection hatches all over my place.

[stevo...@gmail.com]

Did you figure out what this was? I'm having a similar issue with my garage ceiling.

[Don Y]

Original msg missing so can't comment on the OP.
Is it possible you have a truss/prefab ceiling?

[Sam Hill]

On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:31:50 -0700, Don Y wrote:

> On 1/16/2016 2:29 PM, stevo...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 11:34:57 AM UTC-5, DBM wrote:

............................^^^^

>> Did you figure out what this was? I'm having a similar issue with my
>> garage ceiling.
>
> Original msg missing so can't comment on the OP. Is it possible you have
> a truss/prefab ceiling?

The "original msg" is missing because it was posted over 13 years ago.
Chances are good that Doug will not be finding "stevo.brush's" question.
Most Google Groupers don't ever look at posting dates. It's really
funny. :-)

[Bob F]

Most???? Really?

Sounds like quite an assumption.

[hrho...@att.net]

Could there be a metal plate above the sheetrock as a fire barrier? There are most likely fire regulations to isolate the garage from the house, especially when there are living quarters above the garage.

[Tekkie®]

hrho...@att.net posted for all of us...

>
> Could there be a metal plate above the sheetrock as a fire barrier? There are most likely fire regulations to isolate the garage from the house, especially when there are living quarters above the garage.

Negative the sheet rock is the fire barrier. OP probably means the truss
plate. Now designated on commercial buildings as signs by the door as to
floor or roof.

--
Tekkie

[john.s...@gmail.com]

working the same issue and appreciate the 'metal inspection hatch to neaten up the walls' comment. I'm likewise stumped and this will help me a. figure it out, b. keep the sleuthing from making the place look poor.