I am about to secure a 2-post Tripplite rack (http://www.tripplite.com/en/products...xtModelID=3208) in a media closet in our soon to be finished new construction home. The holes in the bottom plates are 3/4" in diameter.
Am I better off doing 5/8" carriage bolts all the way through the hardwood and subfloor and securing the bolts with nuts from the basement or trying to reduce down the size of the hole diameter (find washers that will fit) and do a much smaller lag screw (3/8" or even 1/4") and just securing it into the hardwood and subfloor?
Never done one of these and the tripplite directions don't give me any pointers.
Thoughts?
Am I better off doing 5/8" carriage bolts all the way through the hardwood and subfloor and securing the bolts with nuts from the basement or trying to reduce down the size of the hole diameter (find washers that will fit) and do a much smaller lag screw (3/8" or even 1/4") and just securing it into the hardwood and subfloor?
Never done one of these and the tripplite directions don't give me any pointers.
Thoughts?












