Indoor hammock hanging help

**TimberbeastWaco** · 08-25-2015, 11:52

Welcome to indoor hanging, note the hammock makes a good recliner for reading and watching TV only if you can stay awake past the first commercial.

**TimberbeastWaco** · 08-25-2015, 12:01

Originally Posted by markr6

I'm real tempted to do this since it would be fairly inconspicuous and easy to repair of I ever needed to take the bolts out. I'm about 160lb but still worry about bending the studs or bowing/cracking the wall around it.

Remove drill with a 3/8 fill with a doll rod and paint.

**TimberbeastWaco** · 08-25-2015, 12:14

Originally Posted by lxzndr

Remember to be careful about blanket statements.
When talking about old/older houses that may not be true. None of the windows and in our house had any additional framing at all. Window opening was just cut out and window put in sitting on top of the cut off stud. They were only secured because of the trim, and a couple that was only on the inside, the outside brickmould was only attached to the window, not the outside boards. Some of the doors did not either, no header, no jack studs. Some corners were not double either. Though it was all full dimensional lumber. 2x4 that measured 2x4, and most 20' long (balloon framing)

I stand corrected, I forgot about balloon framing.

**TimberbeastWaco** · 08-25-2015, 12:21

Originally Posted by KiwiMark

Winter time I don't mind my bed, but in summer it insulates too much and I feel hot.
Lots of good info here, I might look at hanging a hammock in my bedroom for summer so that I'm cooler and more comfortable.

Y ou will be cooler, and if your hammock hangs across the path to the return air vent you will be colder, the livingroom has two ceiling vents that blow down then under the hammock to the return air vent, I have to use a poncho uq and a tq or bilkent with the temp at 77f with the ceiling fan blowing.
I'm down to 230lb and find the air colder then when I was bigger, ....

**TimberbeastWaco** · 08-25-2015, 12:23

Originally Posted by TheBrokeHanger

I'm a little wary of hanging my hammock indoors nay words of encouragement?

You will do just fine with all the information provided here, I have uploads if you need to see confirmation IT REALLY WORKS. have a good nap.

**TimberbeastWaco** · 08-25-2015, 12:29

Originally Posted by paper

I'd think a 3/16" pilot hole would give you easy enough access to getting good traction on your bolt as long as you hit your stud dead center.. I was a chicken and doubled up on my bolts by making a bracket with two holes.. I was also just shy of full use of the stud, after figuring for 3/16" steel and 3/8 drywall. Again, I was a chicken and didn't want to chance damage..

Looks good

**OneClick** · 08-25-2015, 12:29

Originally Posted by itsmillertime

Nah, a little spackle and paint once removed and no one will ever know.

So tempting. I'm just envisioning a huge crack all along the wall from the stud bowing!

**Indigo** · 09-08-2015, 14:55

Looking for some guidance please

Spent most of today attempting to get my hammock up inside with no luck. I used a magnet to find studs, and used the calculator on theultimatehang to figure out hanging height etc. Tried putting eye screws directly into studs and couldn't get them in more than 1&1/2 " and they weren't at all tight. (I did pre-drill and couldn't drill past that point either) Then I tried taking a long thin board (4 x 3 x 1" thick) and attached my eye screws to that, then used regular drywall screws to hang on wall, making sure to put 2 screws into stud and then tightened eye screw as far as I could.

One end looks pretty good, but as soon as I tried to put some weight in the hammock, the other end started pulling out from the wall.

I'm in an apartment, and studs are 24" apart in general. They don't line up across the room, and I was aiming for the one end to be about 3' away from my window and the other end about 1'.

Suggestions or thoughts?

**OneClick** · 09-08-2015, 15:23

I'm not sure why you can't drill beyond 1.5"...that's strange. Did you apply a lot of pressure with the drill? To make sure you're hitting the stud on center, you can locate it with a stud finder to get close, then just start drilling small 1/16" holes in both directions to find each end. You'll turn that area into swiss cheese, but those tiny holes can be easily patched.

**Indigo** · 09-08-2015, 15:31

I put as much pressure behind the drill as I could, but I'm pretty wimpy, lol! I don't have a stud finder, just used a magnet to find the drywall screws and it worked a treat. I chalked a line between two on the same stud and used that as my centre line since the screws should be centred over studs. I'll double check though with the drill.