Hello, I'm quite new to everything related to crafting and I probably have a fairly basic question. I didn't find any other good place to ask this question, so I hope this is okay.
I'm going to hang up a climbing training tool (a hangboard) above my door on a concrete wall. I've checked with the landlord and there shouldn't be any pipes or wires running above.
The hangboard is mounted on a wooden board using the screws that came with the hangboard (I've bought a pine shelf but I'm unsure if this is strong enough or if plywood is better?). It looks like in picture #1.
Then, the wooden board itself (picture #2) is screwed into the concrete wall above the door with concrete screws (pictures #3 and #4). This part is where I'm most uncertain.
- The anchor itself is inserted into the wall. But the screw must go through the wooden board, which is 18mm deep. Does that mean the included screws are too short? Or should the anchor also go through the board?
- It says that the screw should support 71kg in a concrete wall. The idea is that I will be hanging from this (doing pull-ups, etc.) with body weight + up to 70kg extra (total weight of 140-150kg). If I put 3 screws in the upper part of the board and 3 in the lower, will this hold?
Thanks in advance,
Anton.
I'm going to hang up a climbing training tool (a hangboard) above my door on a concrete wall. I've checked with the landlord and there shouldn't be any pipes or wires running above.
The hangboard is mounted on a wooden board using the screws that came with the hangboard (I've bought a pine shelf but I'm unsure if this is strong enough or if plywood is better?). It looks like in picture #1.
Then, the wooden board itself (picture #2) is screwed into the concrete wall above the door with concrete screws (pictures #3 and #4). This part is where I'm most uncertain.
- The anchor itself is inserted into the wall. But the screw must go through the wooden board, which is 18mm deep. Does that mean the included screws are too short? Or should the anchor also go through the board?
- It says that the screw should support 71kg in a concrete wall. The idea is that I will be hanging from this (doing pull-ups, etc.) with body weight + up to 70kg extra (total weight of 140-150kg). If I put 3 screws in the upper part of the board and 3 in the lower, will this hold?
Thanks in advance,
Anton.
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Should definitely hold. Six screws each supporting 71kg. The plug should go into the wall before fastening the board with screws. I would pre-drill a small hole in the board first to then make marks through it on the wall.
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Maybe would have chosen a longer screw
The combo in the package is for attaching something that is a maximum of 5mm. Replace the screws with 70mm ones and drill a little deeper than what it says on the package. The screw should go through the plug about 5mm, but a 65mm screw is not easy to find.
Are you sure it's concrete even above the door?Anton Holm said:
There are houses built with concrete elements in such a way that there is no concrete above the door but instead covered with, for example, studs and masonite.
It's the door out to the patio that I was thinking of screwing into. It's about 25cm thick and feels like the same material as the whole wall. I drilled a hole with a hammer drill as a test and it seems pretty stable to me. But it can always be smart to double-check. Thanks for the suggestion.BirgitS said:
@Nitro @Manganbangan Thank you for your answers. Then I'll get longer screws, and it seems like it should work fine. 
Okay, it's probably different with exterior walls than it might be with interior walls.