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Capt_Dirty_Pantaloons
Sep 9, 2009, 5:10 PM
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I am finishing the plans for my first attempt at a bouldering wall in my garage. I went with a very basic design to keep simple.
The color code for the pics is:
Green=2x4
Blue=2x6
Red=2x8
Grey is the garage
The headers in the ceiling will be horizontal instead of vertical. I was using Sketchup and Sketchup does not handle drawing objects in two planes.
Looking for constructive feedback on things that may not be right, things I could do better or lessons learned from your own experience.
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gmggg
Sep 9, 2009, 6:06 PM
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Capt_Dirty_Pantaloons wrote: I am finishing the plans for my first attempt at a bouldering wall in my garage. I went with a very basic design to keep simple. The color code for the pics is: Green=2x4 Blue=2x6 Red=2x8 Grey is the garage The headers in the ceiling will be horizontal instead of vertical. I was using Sketchup and Sketchup does not handle drawing objects in two planes. Looking for constructive feedback on things that may not be right, things I could do better or lessons learned from your own experience.
You have spent way to much time in the design phase. Home DIY projects are marked by their spontaneity not their durability.
Seriously though, this looks great! Do you really have 7.5 foot ceilings in your garage though? If you do you might try utilizing the space between the rafters on the right hand wall to get a little extra height, or extend one of the sides, if possible, so you can have more of a traverse.
Although their is some grip strength and power benefits to home climbing I find the biggest advantage to climbing performance is endurance training and that would be a little hard with a 7.5 foot height limitation.
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Capt_Dirty_Pantaloons
Sep 9, 2009, 6:12 PM
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My intention is to use the space between rafters a roof. This way I could traverse along the wall end to end then go across the roof back to the beginning.
I was thinking along the same lines of extending the wall along on side. Thanks for the confirmation.
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gmggg
Sep 9, 2009, 6:36 PM
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Capt_Dirty_Pantaloons wrote: My intention is to use the space between rafters a roof. This way I could traverse along the wall end to end then go across the roof back to the beginning. I was thinking along the same lines of extending the wall along on side. Thanks for the confirmation.
A horizontal roof is cool if you need the attic space, or have some obstructions, but I was suggesting removing that section of cross bracing and extending holds up (essentially) the underside of your (real) roof.
Judging by the pictures you have 45" between the rafters. That should be good for a long climb to the top followed by a traverse down to a horizontal roof, over to the left side, traverse right, and repeat.
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Skidemon27
Sep 9, 2009, 7:41 PM
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if the final product is as analretentive as ur drawing then the wall should come out good... my 2 cents... all in all not a bad set up...
could get creative and build like a downward spike at the top where the wall angles meet. like a 3 sided triangle pizza shaped,,, work on some split moves, and some dyno jumps
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rschap
Sep 10, 2009, 12:30 AM
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It looks to me like both walls are the same angle and around 60 deg or so, one thing I would suggest is make one of them 45 deg and keep the other around 60. 45 deg is considered the best angle for strength training and 60 is a good worm up/cool down angle. I like how you’re not carrying the angle all the way down to the deck, it’s impossible to get bolts and screws in down low when you have a steeper angle. On my garage wall I went 90 deg for the first 12”-24” before kicking out at a steeper angle.
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tslater
Oct 20, 2009, 4:53 AM
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Much easier...
http://www.slatervision.com/id22.html
same result.
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