Well I finally got together with my friend who wanted to set up a basement grow area. The floor joist were all exposed in the basement and there was no insulation. We thought the no insulation was a good thing as we had hopes of the additional heat gowing into the main house. The living room is right above were we set this up. The living room has a wall to wall carpet. So we attached the rail directly to the floor joist. Least I think that is the proper word. We did not first hook the rail to a piece of wood but rather just screwed it into the wood that was holding up the floor above us. Beleive me that baby was secure and wasn't about to drop. At the moment he only had a 200 watt cfl light that was in a Sun System 8. We got it all hooked up as was quite proud of ourselves. This is a new moving rail that doesn't have a chain. It worked what seemed flawlessly. Then we went up stair to have a cup of coffee in the living room. Not only could we hear the small motor but we could actually feel it on our feet. His wife immediatley said no way. He also has a 600 watt light with a ballast on the way, which is what we had planed on putting up once it arrives. My question is how can we keep the noise down from his living space. Only thing that comes to my mind is to build a stucture out of 2 by 2 or 2 x 4's that doesn't attach to the ceiling. I prefer not to do this as the ceiling isn't all that high. Do you have any ideas or suggestions. Right now his wife isn't too happy with me. We need to figure a way to keep the noise down.