How to build the rock climbing wall

How to build the rock climbing wall

The home rock climbing wall – useful adult entertainment and children as it allows to support constantly itself(himself) in good physical shape, develops skills of rock-climbing, trains muscles of hands and legs, allows to overcome fear of height. Such attraction has many other advantages. One of them is that the wall can be equipped independently.

It is required to you

  • - cardboard;
  • - perforator;
  • - plywood or chipboard;
  • - the directing bars;
  • - tape measure;
  • - paper;
  • - pencil;
  • - drill;
  • - plane;
  • - hooks.

Instruction

1. Before starting construction of house attraction, it is necessary to design the rock climbing wall. For a start pick up the place where "the wall of obstacles" will be located. It is desirable that the room was the sufficient area, with high ceilings. Draw future rock climbing wall on paper, having reduced its scale. Then manufacture the model of cardboard – now full-scale. Establish it visually to evaluate the ready rock climbing wall and if necessary to introduce amendments.

2. Now start construction of the rock climbing wall. For a start mark on opening floor for hooks and drill them drill. Then fix veneer sheet or fibreboard to the directing bars, carefully process sharp angles and uneven edges of construction materials plane not to be wounded in use the rock climbing wall. Experts recommend to process surface parquet lacquer which needs to be applied on plywood in three layers. It will improve esthetic characteristics of the home rock climbing wall and will prolong the term of its operation.

3. Before equipping reliefs on wall, consult to the experts having experience of rock-climbing, and define degree of complexity of each path. Average length of "obstacle course" - three meters, but if ceilings allow, can be made it higher. Expect quantity of reliefs, that width of everyone occupies about a half of plywood leaf.

4. Wind catches on noted sites of each path. It can be done on some certain system or it is chaotic – everything depends on the one who will use the rock climbing wall. If the house attraction is designed for the beginner and the amateur rock-climber, it is better to equip two paths of different complexity, having separated them internal partitions.

5. After the wall is ready for operation, lay wrestling mat at its foot. These security measures are necessary not to be injured when falling. In specialized shops, safety harnesses which need also to be used to secure ascension, especially are on sale if the path is higher than three meters.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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