home wall

Post by **haas** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:45 pm

I built a wall in my basement which only had a ceiling clocking in at a whopping 7'2". The good news was that I had lots of space horizontally. The key is no vertical panels. With low ceilings you can only traverse and no matter what holds you put on, the moves become pretty much the same. Same goes for the roof. A flat roof gets real boring. Ideally you want a negative wall, somwhere between 30-45 degrees overhanging. With the walls and ceilings you should add small wood features that jut out from the wall so that the terrain varies. An arete works nice, but a dihedral is useless unless you throw some sort of feature in the corner so you can't cop a cheap rest. The more time and creativity you put in to building the wall, the longer you'll want to keep going down into your hot basement by yourself to train.

Post by **rickardodaniel** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:15 pm

thanks haas, i figure with limited funds i will have plenty of time to contemplate my next panel. how did you secure the face to the floor? did you start from the bottom of the wall (basemant wall) and attatch it to exposed joints on the ceiling?

Post by **andy_lemon** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:53 pm

What up Kelsey!

See you at Roctober Fest!

Post by **rickardodaniel** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:58 pm

8) yeh man give me a call i sent my new number to your personal message box.
need some new partners if you know any one close

Post by **haas** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:07 pm

my wall was actually freestanding because I rented the house but you can make it either way. If you are building into the existing walls, locate the studs and anchor to that. For freestanding wall, I built a frame sort of like a bunk bed without the lower portion. I built up a frame that went against the walls then ran 2*4s across the top of the ceiling so that it formed a sort of box. This way the basement walls braced the whole system and the climbing walls pushed on each other. You can then attach panels to the 2*4s. When you're done the wall looks the same as if it was screwed into the basement walls, and acts the same way, just lacks the damage if you ever take it down. This is also a good method if one of your basement walls is concrete or brick. You just need to have the wall wrap all the way around so that there are two walls facing opposite of each other to brace, if that makes sense. If you build into the basement walls, Metolius' website has some diagrams that should help.

Post by **rickardodaniel** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:09 pm

thanks haas sounds sweet. if you have any pictures you should post them