Spinal
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Sep 14, 2004
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Well, it's that time of the year... the time I dream of stupid summer projects!
This year, I was thinking... I could build a climbing wall at home!
Problem is, the only brick wall that is high enough is on the front of the house, and while I could drill holes in it and countersink expansion nuts so that when I wanted to climb I could put holds up... this isn't ideal as I would need to remove the holds every time I finished climbing (having a route up to a window isn't ideal!)
The rear of the house doesn't have a 2-storey wall, the first floor of the house has clay-roofing-tiles and slopes down to the ground level...
So my thought was to put a piece of marine plywood over the tiles, somehow anchor it to the roof and then anchor the holds to that... the belay anchor at the top could be set to the actual house which should be strong enough...
My question is this though...
- Could my nehibors complain that there is a climbing wall on the house? (which is at the rear and not visible from the road?)
- Would the clay tiles get damaged by having the marine plywood on top of them?
- any ideas?
M.
This year, I was thinking... I could build a climbing wall at home!
Problem is, the only brick wall that is high enough is on the front of the house, and while I could drill holes in it and countersink expansion nuts so that when I wanted to climb I could put holds up... this isn't ideal as I would need to remove the holds every time I finished climbing (having a route up to a window isn't ideal!)
The rear of the house doesn't have a 2-storey wall, the first floor of the house has clay-roofing-tiles and slopes down to the ground level...
So my thought was to put a piece of marine plywood over the tiles, somehow anchor it to the roof and then anchor the holds to that... the belay anchor at the top could be set to the actual house which should be strong enough...
My question is this though...
- Could my nehibors complain that there is a climbing wall on the house? (which is at the rear and not visible from the road?)
- Would the clay tiles get damaged by having the marine plywood on top of them?
- any ideas?
M.
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