Wohh!! What's this, Silas is writing a post! Yeah. That's what's going on.
Anyway's, so tonight's project has been to setup two new seat hammocks for our balcony. How hard of a project could that be. :)
After about 10 minutes of finding the stud in the ceiling, we had our first hammock up. Key thing learned from this. When finding a stud in a ceiling, if your stud finder is as poor as ours is, use a extremely small bit and drill a first hole to ensure you have found the stud. If you miss, it's better to miss with a 1/10" bit rather then a 1/4" bit.
So, after hanging the first one and sitting down, everything is perfect. I reach up to the bar [Despite the DO NOT PULL ON Label], to help hoist myself up and suddenly...
...Bar split in half after leaving a battle wound in my arm. Lesson learned. DO NOT DISOBEY THE LABEL.
So, Off to Lowes. Obviously we can't return it. It was our fault.
So, the first idea was to get two small corner brackets and clamp the beam back together. After 10 minutes of looking at the option's in the Lowes, we ended up purchasing a wooden closet dowel. Six holes later, we have a replacement bar which is twice as strong as previous.
Key thing, for when drilling the holes was to drill a small hole to guide the larger one and to ensure that everything is lined up correctly.
Overall, the big take away from this is don't ever defy the wise warning labels.
Kind Regards,
- Silas
Anyway's, so tonight's project has been to setup two new seat hammocks for our balcony. How hard of a project could that be. :)
After about 10 minutes of finding the stud in the ceiling, we had our first hammock up. Key thing learned from this. When finding a stud in a ceiling, if your stud finder is as poor as ours is, use a extremely small bit and drill a first hole to ensure you have found the stud. If you miss, it's better to miss with a 1/10" bit rather then a 1/4" bit.So, after hanging the first one and sitting down, everything is perfect. I reach up to the bar [Despite the DO NOT PULL ON Label], to help hoist myself up and suddenly...
...Bar split in half after leaving a battle wound in my arm. Lesson learned. DO NOT DISOBEY THE LABEL.So, Off to Lowes. Obviously we can't return it. It was our fault.
So, the first idea was to get two small corner brackets and clamp the beam back together. After 10 minutes of looking at the option's in the Lowes, we ended up purchasing a wooden closet dowel. Six holes later, we have a replacement bar which is twice as strong as previous.
Key thing, for when drilling the holes was to drill a small hole to guide the larger one and to ensure that everything is lined up correctly.
Overall, the big take away from this is don't ever defy the wise warning labels.
Kind Regards,
- Silas
Wow, I can't believe you guys moved! Congratulations on the new job, Silas. I saw the update on LinkedIn this weekend. I went straight to your blog for the full story. What an adventure! Kudos to you for taking life by the horns.
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