suspention or movement restriction ideas

[new master]

very little plus i do not hav proper tools

[Pandora's Box]

Have you tried using a studfinder to find the main ceiling beams?

[fetish101]

very little plus i do not hav proper tools

well..you design the size...take it to your local lumber yard and they cut the wood to size. After that you need 1-1 1/2 inch screws and a drill to put it together.

[ValKyrie]

Send the kids' to gramma's and then, investigate the apartment and the possibilities.

You really should find those beams. Your options will improve greatly if you find one solid beam.

Then, as we have done, there are two hook eyes that have been screwed into the beams. They are industrial strength, but we have told the kids they are plant hangers.

From there, you can fashion a spreader bar with hook eyes near each end and one in the middle for suspending the bar from the cieling beam. Using a sturdy wooden dowel from the hardware store, or strong 2x4 or 4x4, would be divine.

Those are just my thoughts. Good luck to you.

Val

[Mobius]

You can go to your local bike shop and get 2 bike hooks to hold a bike up with. They are large hooks that will screw into the beam and when the kids are away you take down the bike and hook up your wife.

Another Idea is a ceiling Fan. When the kids are away at grandmas. Turn off the power. And take a close look at the fan they are usualy sturdy and are made to support the waight of the guy instaling it. You might be able to suspend your wife from the fan. and if she has been realy naughty you can turn it on and she can spin while you whip her.

[Barton]

Yes, the easiest thing to do is find the beams. You can purchase a "stud finder" at any hardware store. Once you find the beam(s), use a drill to drill a small hole into the beam. Thread the hooks into the holes, make sure you then test to see that the hooks are secure. An inexpensive drill can be purchased at the hardware store as well as the drill bit you will need to drill the holes.
You can always tell the sales clerk that you are hanging a large plant and ask for help in locating the items to do so.

I never thought of it but, I would imagine that quite a few of us have "hanging plants" in our bedrooms.

Barton.

[allalone46]

I just started to read this little web, and just about had a hart attack. The three things about this life style, are safe, sane, and consentual, well some of you have forgotten the first two. Before you ever think about attaching anything to a wall, or cieling don't. The structure of you home beit an apartment ot house can't handle somthing atached to one or two points and be able to suport the weight of a person 97lbs or more. If you do all you are doing is slowly bringing down the house, and you won't know it till it comes down on your head. Know there is a way of doing it but not from what I have seen in this thred, and to do it would be vary open to anyone that sees it. Know you can fix something up that can do it but you have to do to you celing, and or wall what is done to the floor so suport the wate of you , and everything in your house, and hooking to one, two, or even three beams, or rafters is not going to do it, remember thay already are suporting the building in the first place. So before you bring down your homes please ask someone how to strinkthen your wals, and or ceilings first.

[Barton]

Actually, standard floor joists in a residential and especially in a commercial structure have an extremely large support potential. When they are designed the weight of the type of floor is figured in and a large allowance for furniture and people load is also calculated. After the engineers come up with an average weight they design a joist that is able to withstand that load plus 20% to 30% more in total weight. The same is true with a roof truss.
You are not likely to pull your house down on top of you. If you install the hooks properly there should be no problen.

Barton.

[fetish101]

lol..I weigh 180 lbs and I do chinups every day on the support beam in our basement. Haven't been killed yet...

[allalone46]

Actually, standard floor joists in a residential and especially in a commercial structure have an extremely large support potential. When they are designed the weight of the type of floor is figured in and a large allowance for furniture and people load is also calculated. After the engineers come up with an average weight they design a joist that is able to withstand that load plus 20% to 30% more in total weight. The same is true with a roof truss.
You are not likely to pull your house down on top of you. If you install the hooks properly there should be no problen.

Barton.

It is not just the proper instalatine of he hooks, but the hooks that you install. The use of a U bolt or a I hook, won't do if you want to suport more than 20lbs and I don't believe any sub or slave is les than 20lbs becouse it also has to suport the weight of the equipment as well. And if you don't want it to come down on your head you have to have several mounts, and all have to be able to support the hole weight and that does meen every suport has to beable to suport every lb of the lode not just part of the weight, Adn for that you cna't juxt slap or nale , or scrue something though the dry wall but fasen it to the beam, joise, or stud. Having a suport stucture is only on of the things you need . The Stockroom in Cal, has the proper hard ware needed in on there web cadalog, and you can find the same things in any home store, as well. but you can't just fassen a single I bolt into the cealing, or wal and thats it. Not safe.