Are beams strong enough for a pulley system?

[BlueShed]

I would like to install a pulley system in the garage to store stuff up out of the way. The garage is in a separate block from the house, built in the 70s. What I want to store will weigh ~35kg. How do I know if the beams will be strong enough?

talk to a structural engineer?

What for 35kg 🤣

the crazy things you get on here 😂.

post a picture of the inside of the garage roof.

@Diyextension Photo attached!

Definitely not worth a structural engineer!

I would doubt it.

A load of snow on the roof could easily weigh 500kgs. 35kgs extra load is nothing.

Just make sure you fix the pulley properly :-)

Well we've had a roofer walk all over it before now and he was fine, so that's a good point about snow! I guess I'm just thinking about relatively small points in the beam where I'd drill rather than a load spread across the top.

Spread the weight across 3 or 4 joists by fixing a couple of 4x2 ( or similar) to them securely. Joist hangers / coach bolts. Then attach the pulley system to them. 👍

I used to hang a motorbikes off straps in my old garage with a similar setup , was better for working on them with no stands in the way 🙂

Thanks for replying. So two 4x2 perpendicular to the beams and then pulley into the 4x2? I can work that out, hopefully!