Walls and Ceilings - hanging a hammock in my room, please help

hahaha, ok. as wierd as it sounds, i wanna hang a hammock in my room. so wherever i hang it is gonna have to support alot of weight. i have no idea where to get started

I don't either....at least not without more info.

You want to hang it between 2 walls (I assume), and 2 walls that are spaced correctly already(I hope)...

IF that is the case, you can just find a stud on each wall and put in a (lag bolt with an eye on the end...can't think of the formal name...eye bolt sounds somewhat right, but what you need isn't really a bolt, in that it won't have a nut on the opposite side)...anyway you'll put this screw/bolt in the wall at the right height, attach your hammock, and get ready for your first relaxing nap :D

A word of caution: The walls you use to hang your hammock MUST have enough lateral strength to hold it, obviously. Some walls won't have this kind of lateral strength, some will, depending on how they, and the walls and ceilings adjacent to them, are constructed.

When in doubt, consult a structural engineer, bite the bullet, pay the $100, or whatever it is, and save yourself possible $1000's repairing fallen walls, and at the same time, give yourself peace of mind.

Another idea is to get a 2x4 about 4 feet long and lag that into the studs. Then put your eye bolt into the 2x4. That way you can position it where you want and distribute the weight a little more. Get a stud finder.

yeah- i wanna hang it between two walls. i am hanging it on the new side of my house which was recently built. i just installed like a 100 pound fan into the ceiling if that helps. but i wanna hang it inbetween two walls, higher up, 8ft or 7 or 6 feet up on probably a 10 ft tall ceiling. ummm, so maybe a recently built addition would qualify strongly built walls? i dunno, ask me more questions, i would me more than happy to answer them, thank you for everyones time and knowledge

New construction isn't always necessarily better construction and certainly is not automatically sufficient construction for what you want to do. A 100# ceiling fan doesn't really mean alot, that force is coming striaght down from the ceiling(which is probably made of something bigger than 2x4's). 90% of a wall's job is to hold up the roof, a force coming down at 90 degrees from horizontal. They will, of course, take some amount of lateral force, but I'm hesitant to say that a wall, even one that has proper support at the ceiling(i.e. - celing joists running perpendicular to the walls in question), is enough support for a (theoretical...not necessarily you) 300 pound man laying in a hammock, and pulling down and IN on the walls. I would be OK with saying....they MAY be ok, but nothing is sure without seeing your particular situation.

If I was against hiring a SE, I would call the builder that built the addition. Tell him all the specifics (how high on the wall you want it, dimensions of the room, ceiling height...basically just don't assume he remembers anything...contractors do alot of jobs, and each one is different) He may(but likely not) be able to tell you from memory which way the ceiling joists run in the room, and he may offer other ideas that we can't from our chair here in anytown, USA. He would be the second best person to ask what, if anything, needs to be changed, beefed up, braced, etc to do what you want to do. He would also be the best, given the choice of us and him, to give you an out-and-out "can't be done", and he may. Of course he, nor we, can force you not to, but if he thinks it can't be done, I'd believe him, and start looking for a metal frame, such as what you would use in your yard to hang a hammock by(if not good ol' trees :D ). After all, he(and his crew) built it.

BTW, yes I realize I first simply advised how to do it, but now that you know that part, I'm just trying to make sure you realize what you're doing as far as structure/integrity of the walls. I was, regretably, a little quick to advise JUST on the question without thinking about other aspects/problems that may arise, but now, with your tolerance, I am just trying to correct that oversite ;) .

thank you so much for your advice, i will be sure to contact him, i am friends with his daughter, haha. anyway, one more thing, my room is at the front of the house, and one of the walls comes out about a foot and ahalf and comes down at a 45 degree angle. thats the best i can explain it. but maybe that means that its less of a support wall, but i will be sure to research this thourougly. i dont want any holes in my wall. thanks alot :D