Ceiling – use construction adhesive to mount a 4′ LED Shop light on a Flexicore ceiling

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I am about to move in a a new (to me) condo with a Flexicore (precast concrete panel) ceiling. I am not sure if I can drill into the ceiling or not so I am looking for alternate way to hang a 4' LED shop light in a closet.

Ignoring any electrical connections, as I can deal with that part of it, would it be possible to use construction adhesive to mount a 4' LED shop light to the Flexicore ceiling? Would it have enough strength to hold up that light? If not any other suggestions?

Best Answer

This is my universal solution to that, usually with West System epoxy with the fillers intended for gluing etc...

  1. Glue a piece of plywood to the surface.

  2. Mount the component to that.

The problem with gluing components directly, aside from the component failing... Is that you have no idea how well the glue will adhere to the component. Some of them are quite bad. In any case, the components are not listed for mounting with glue, which makes it illegal to do so.