Now we would like to hang it on the balcony, but I'm unsure how to actually attach it. We have a balcony above us, so we have a "ceiling", but it's pressure-treated, so it's probably not smart to drill holes in it?! Is it okay to screw in a sturdy hook? Or do you have any better ideas?
Drilling holes is no problem, the rule is even protected. Please insert the rule that is directly attached to the post. The flex in the rule might feel uncomfortable. No issues in terms of strength.
Not that I think it's necessary, but if you're worried, you could screw in your own beam underneath which you attach to two or three of the existing beams, and then screw your hook into that.
Edit: why do you think it's not so smart to drill into pressure-treated wood?
Once, I hung up a hanging chair in exactly the same way. I screwed a trapeze hook into a treated beam like in the picture. After a while, the hook came loose and the chair fell down. The hole from the hook was then wet, and the wood was almost rotten. I don't know why it happened that way. When I hung the chair up again, I placed a nog between two joists with joist hangers and then threaded a stainless steel eye from the boat section through the nog with a boat washer and locknut (and Loctite). This is, of course, heavily over-engineered, but my partner, who was sitting in the chair when it fell, got both the rod and the hook on their head, so it had to be done...
I am by no means an expert, but I had the impression that it is best to avoid drilling into pressure-treated wood as it can rot, as the gentleman above me seems to have experienced. :eek: However, I could be completely wrong.
It would be exciting to know the reason for this since I've pre-drilled quite a few holes in the framework of my deck.
I just hope I haven't been an idiot for doing so...
Ntr approved pressure-treated should provide full protection throughout the wood.
You should be able to split the entire beam and let the cut side stand in or near water.
One can drill a hole through the beam and hang up a large shackle, or something similar. Then you are not relying on the thread in the hole but on the steel in the screw in the shackle.
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