Comments on: Is it possible to put up a hammock that can sustain two people (300-350lbs) in your house? How would you do it http://portablefoldinghammock.com/hammock-q-and-a/is-it-possible-to-put-up-a-hammock-that-can-sustain-two-people-300-350lbs-in-your-house-how-would-you-do-it/ The Internet's Most Complete Source Of Portable Folding Hammock Advice, Reviews & Best Prices Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:33:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: mike1942f http://portablefoldinghammock.com/hammock-q-and-a/is-it-possible-to-put-up-a-hammock-that-can-sustain-two-people-300-350lbs-in-your-house-how-would-you-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 mike1942f Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:16:43 +0000 http://portablefoldinghammock.com/hammock-q-and-a/is-it-possible-to-put-up-a-hammock-that-can-sustain-two-people-300-350lbs-in-your-house-how-would-you-do-it/#comment-1076 Most of these come with a heavy awkward frame that sits on the floor and is wide enough to keep from tipping. If you want to fasten it to the house, you are going to have to check out the walls, because you want to go into solid wood, which may mean corners and door frame areas rather than the middle of walls. If there were no other choice, I would locate 3-4 studs and lag screw a 2x4 to the wall into all the studs (leaving a small hole when the board is taken down) and bolt an eye through the board to hook the hammock to. Besides the shear weight load, when the hammock is stretched and you put that much weight on it, the tension horizontally is 2-3 times as high. Most of these come with a heavy awkward frame that sits on the floor and is wide enough to keep from tipping. If you want to fasten it to the house, you are going to have to check out the walls, because you want to go into solid wood, which may mean corners and door frame areas rather than the middle of walls. If there were no other choice, I would locate 3-4 studs and lag screw a 2×4 to the wall into all the studs (leaving a small hole when the board is taken down) and bolt an eye through the board to hook the hammock to. Besides the shear weight load, when the hammock is stretched and you put that much weight on it, the tension horizontally is 2-3 times as high.

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