Need advice on mounting basketball backboard

[Butkusrules]

Ive been lurking here a while and really enjoy the board. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for a problem I have currently. I want to install a acrylic basketball backboard with a adjustable mount in the front of my garage. I am trying to figure out the the best way to attach and brace the mounting plate to the garage wall to give me a sturdy hold. I don't have much faith that simply drilling into the wood siding of a 1940's garage will be the answer.

Whole Mount weighs 62lbs
Backboard weighs 55lbs
Mount Plate is 18inches by 6.5 inches
The actual mounting plate has to start about 16inches under the window to be able to extend the backboard to 10ft. I marked the top and boot plate lines with chalk in the exterior pic. Also marked 4 corners of the backboard.






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[Butkusrules]

Ive been lurking here a while and really enjoy the board. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for a problem I have currently. I want to install a acrylic basketball backboard with a adjustable mount in the front of my garage. I am trying to figure out the the best way to attach and brace the mounting plate to the garage wall to give me a sturdy hold. I don't have much faith that simply drilling into the wood siding of a 1940's garage will be the answer.

Whole Mount weighs 62lbs
Backboard weighs 55lbs
Mount Plate is 18inches by 6.5 inches
The actual mounting plate has to start about 16inches under the window to be able to extend the backboard to 10ft. I marked the top and boot plate lines with chalk in the exterior pic. Also marked 4 corners of the backboard.






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bracket and backboard look like this


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[matt_i]

If there is a header then I would try to get into that and thru-drill to a matching steel plate behind, connect with threaded rods.

Countering the twist on the header is going to be a challenge, especially because the rim is on an additional moment-arm out away from the plane of the garage face. In other words its not attached to angle irons or the like that shortens the arm.

You are also behind the proverbial 8-ball on the fact that the structure under the window is widened out to straddle around it, going vertically up. That part can't easily change.

 

[Butkusrules]

If there is a header then I would try to get into that and thru-drill to a matching steel plate behind, connect with threaded rods.

Countering the twist on the header is going to be a challenge, especially because the rim is on an additional moment-arm out away from the plane of the garage face. In other words its not attached to angle irons or the like that shortens the arm.

You are also behind the proverbial 8-ball on the fact that the structure under the window is widened out to straddle around it, going vertically up. That part can't easily change.

Please forgive
my ignorance, I know nothing about structures.

What if I installed two new vertical webs on either side of the window and the fabricated 2 steel plates on both sides to horizontally fasten the top portion of the mounting plate?
The bottom of the mounting plate through the header as you suggested with steel plate inside and threaded rods.?



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[kd3pc]

get the pole mount and put it off to the side. Your b-ballers will destroy the garage with missed shots, placing it away from the house eliminates 90% of that. and is easy to install.

best of luck

 

[jives]

Here are some options.
1. Do as KD3pc suggested and put it on a pole.
2. Get a different backboard with a different mounting system; one that has two mounting plates and not just a center plate.
http://www.basketballhoopsnow.com/f...le-wall-mount-72-glass-double-static-rim.html
3. Easiest is to use what you have, but build an outside structure to enable secure mounting of the metal plate. Attach 2 x 4s vertically on either side of the window that match up with the gable studs on the inside. I would thru-bolt the verticals and use pressure treated SYP or Doug Fir. Span from one vertical to the next vertical two horizontal boards beneath the window. I would use two 2 x 6s, bolted through the verticals, just below the window. The horizontal 2 x 6s will stand 1.5" off the garage siding, so fill in this space with more PT boards. Attach the metal mounting plate these 2x6 boards.

Before doing that (sorry, should have written this part first), reinforce the inside of the garage gable end. At minimum, provide more horizontal bracing between the two gable studs that are on either side of the window. Also sister another partial stud on top of those two gable studs, and make the sisters span the **** joint between the stud and the rafter. When you thru-bolt the outside pressure treated verticals, bolt through everything.

I could think of a few more things I would do, but I'm a bit on the overbuild side.

 

[pima67]

I'm with jives and kd3pc. Use a pole such as the ones with a movable base. I had to repair trim and paint on my garage due to missed shots.

 

[jives]

Or, you could go overboard like I did and build a garage AROUND the hoop:

 

[Butkusrules]

I'm with jives and kd3pc. Use a pole such as the ones with a movable base. I had to repair trim and paint on my garage due to missed shots.

I wish. Driveway configuration along with a combination of Trees and fence make portable or in-ground Pole not an option.


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[Butkusrules]

Here are some options.
1. Do as KD3pc suggested and put it on a pole.
2. Get a different backboard with a different mounting system; one that has two mounting plates and not just a center plate.
http://www.basketballhoopsnow.com/f...le-wall-mount-72-glass-double-static-rim.html
3. Easiest is to use what you have, but build an outside structure to enable secure mounting of the metal plate. Attach 2 x 4s vertically on either side of the window that match up with the gable studs on the inside. I would thru-bolt the verticals and use pressure treated SYP or Doug Fir. Span from one vertical to the next vertical two horizontal boards beneath the window. I would use two 2 x 6s, bolted through the verticals, just below the window. The horizontal 2 x 6s will stand 1.5" off the garage siding, so fill in this space with more PT boards. Attach the metal mounting plate these 2x6 boards.

Before doing that (sorry, should have written this part first), reinforce the inside of the garage gable end. At minimum, provide more horizontal bracing between the two gable studs that are on either side of the window. Also sister another partial stud on top of those two gable studs, and make the sisters span the **** joint between the stud and the rafter. When you thru-bolt the outside pressure treated verticals, bolt through everything.

I could think of a few more things I would do, but I'm a bit on the overbuild side.

I'm going to add 2 vertical gable studs on each side of the window. The existing studs are old, thin and actually
cut around the window.



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