Not sure what country you may be in, I'm assuming the US. But your email address shows Australia.
Not sure what you refer to as battens. The ceiling joists and wall studs should be 16 inches apart on center, in the US. But if you're referring to plaster, you may be speaking of a very old house. The codes for building were much different for older homes, so you may have to go into the attic and measure the distance and layout of the joists to be sure.
In any structure, there should be a joist or stud at the edge of the wall at least. But where the next stud is depends on the overall layout of the ceiling to the whole house and what direction the ceiling joists run in.
A trick that can be used for carrying weight from a ceiling is to run a 2x4 perpendicular across the joists in the attic and attach your hanging hardware from it. Maybe using some threaded rod or whatever you can think of. That spreads the weight out across a few joists and lessens the load on one joist. That trick is often used for ceiling fans in the middle of a room or TV's hung from the ceiling.
Wood screws can carry quite a bit of weight when they are holding from a right angle, but when they are holding the weight by the thread itself, they don't hold much. Clothing rails hold much more weight when hung from a wall. But I don't know what you're dealing with either. The holding power is increased if the clothing rail traps the rail holders between wall studs.
Steve
From: newbuteute <golfaway@optusnet.com.au>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, April 22, 2012 2:29:55 AM
Subject: [DIY] Finding batten on plastered ceiling.
Not sure what you refer to as battens. The ceiling joists and wall studs should be 16 inches apart on center, in the US. But if you're referring to plaster, you may be speaking of a very old house. The codes for building were much different for older homes, so you may have to go into the attic and measure the distance and layout of the joists to be sure.
In any structure, there should be a joist or stud at the edge of the wall at least. But where the next stud is depends on the overall layout of the ceiling to the whole house and what direction the ceiling joists run in.
A trick that can be used for carrying weight from a ceiling is to run a 2x4 perpendicular across the joists in the attic and attach your hanging hardware from it. Maybe using some threaded rod or whatever you can think of. That spreads the weight out across a few joists and lessens the load on one joist. That trick is often used for ceiling fans in the middle of a room or TV's hung from the ceiling.
Wood screws can carry quite a bit of weight when they are holding from a right angle, but when they are holding the weight by the thread itself, they don't hold much. Clothing rails hold much more weight when hung from a wall. But I don't know what you're dealing with either. The holding power is increased if the clothing rail traps the rail holders between wall studs.
Steve
From: newbuteute <golfaway@optusnet.com.au>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, April 22, 2012 2:29:55 AM
Subject: [DIY] Finding batten on plastered ceiling.
Hello all. I have been asked to repair a clothing rail in a wardrobe. Was supported by one hook only but pull out by weight. Looking to put two hooks in but how do I locate baaattens. Are they at the same spacing as studs in Australia at 45cm ?
Garry
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