Hanging in the house option 3
This is a pic of my front bedroom. I'm going to hang my XL Brazilian hammock from the ceiling.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...2581_thumb.jpg
I am planning to put a 3/8" eye bolt through the ceiling in the top right corner of the pic, just to the right of where the sloping part of the ceiling intersects the flat part. There is about a foot of flat ceiling space there (just above where it says 8'8"). The sloping roof truss continues up into the attic, and just above the ceiling there I will screw my eye bolt into the truss. It is either 2x6 or 2x8, can't remember which at the moment.
Do you guys think this is strong enough? Also: the eye bolt I bought is rated to 230 lbs. The tab on the bolt says, "Do not use for overhead lifting, support of human weight..." etc. I don't know what else to use. A pad-eye wouldn't work, I have only a couple of inches of space in the attic between the top of the ceiling and the point on the roof truss where I want to screw it, hence I need to screw the thing in from below, in the bedroom.
If anyone needs more info I will do a little sketch tomorrow and post it. What do you all think?