Hanging Hammock Inside

**shanewalker10** · 01-18-2011, 22:08

Hey, I have the ENO DBL...looking to hang it up inside my house so i can use it when im not camping. I want to try putting some hooks in the wall at the right distance so I can just attached the carabiners straight to the hooks...is this a good idea? and what kind of hooks if it is...

thanks

**TFC Rick** · 01-18-2011, 22:58

Hey Shane! I'm sure you will get a ton of replies on this one. There are several threads here discussing the various ways to hang indoors. The common denominator in all of those discussions is find the center of the stud and don't skimp on the hardware/fasteners.

I have beefy wood paneling in my house and used a swing bracket from Ikea to go into the stud and also the panels. I'm 310 and it supports me, my hammock and behemoth DIY pod. I think my brackets are roughly 13-14 feet apart. A touch close but it works well enough.

Good luck and enjoy!

**dejoha** · 01-18-2011, 23:04

I did that in my house, in my son's room. I put large eye-bolts directly into the studs. You can use my hammock hang calculator to estimate the hang height based on the distance between the walls.

**shanewalker10** · 01-18-2011, 23:38

@rick...swing bracket? what is that exactly?

**TFC Rick** · 01-19-2011, 06:47

Originally Posted by shanewalker10

@rick...swing bracket? what is that exactly?

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80041049

There ya go.

**shanewalker10** · 01-18-2011, 23:42

@dejoha...that hammock calculator is really cool...its a little confusing...how long is the hammock on there?

**dejoha** · 01-19-2011, 10:49

Originally Posted by shanewalker10

@dejoha...that hammock calculator is really cool...its a little confusing...how long is the hammock on there?

The calculations assume approximately 10' hammock with a 108" ridgeline. It's more of an estimator. Allowing the user to enter in a hammock length might be a great addition for a future version.

**rjcress** · 01-19-2011, 14:20

When I looked into hanging inside the main thing that worried me was:
-are the wall studs configured in a way that they will gracefully withstand the sideways and down pulling force exerted by the hammock suspension... without pulling the stud out of the wall.

I used lag bolts to attach two brackets to the horizontal header at the top of the 5' tall half-walls around the periphery of my office, which was a walk-up attic that was finished by a prior owner. I also ran a lag bolt up through the header into one of the big roof beams to be sure that the hammock didn't pull the header through the sheetrock.

It just so happens that in my office I have a closet door across the room from the two brackets that I bolted to the walls. I tied a knot in a poly strap and slipped the knot over the top of the open closet door, then closed the door so that the strap wedged between the door and frame at the top hinge, with the knot on the back side of the door. This gives me a third anchor point. Using all 3 anchor points I hang 3 hammocks in a triangle.

I'm about 190-200 LB, and have used this 3 hammock setup with me in one, and two kids in the other two (50 and 60 LB kids) with no issues.
However, I've read of folks who's door frames were not properly secured having their door frame ripped clean out of the wall when using the strap over the door method.

The headers on the 5' walls are really too low, so I set up my hammock to hang about an inch above the floor.
I like the way KC7FYS solved the problem on page 3 of the following linked thread. Pick your height.

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=24686

**tonejones** · 01-19-2011, 01:01

I have mine hanging in my livivng room from lag bolts i got a home depot. they are around $3 and have a working weight of about 270 to 300lb. they say not to use to support human weight but I am not swinging on them or climbing and falling just sitting. Been using them a while now and are sturdy and cost me only $6 to hang my hammock.

**MrClean417** · 01-19-2011, 07:47

Originally Posted by tonejones

I have mine hanging in my livivng room from lag bolts i got a home depot. they are around $3 and have a working weight of about 270 to 300lb. they say not to use to support human weight but I am not swinging on them or climbing and falling just sitting. Been using them a while now and are sturdy and cost me only $6 to hang my hammock.

Same here, though I went a size up and they're good for close to 700 pounds each. Imma bigga boy. You are using two of them so the load is split between the two so really with your setup with an average size man is good for probably 3 or 4 times the weight.