I had also read that you should not mount a 16" fan with those plastic ties. I went with a Spal fan from Fan Man. Spal recommends that the 16 " fan be mounted 1/4" to 1/2" from the core surface. I looked at many ways to mount mine and finally went down to Kirkhams to get some more ideas. Tom let me look around and I took some pictures of their setups. I finally drew up some brackets and Kirkhams cut them out on their water jet for me at a reasonable price.
