Hanging a boxing bag

[diynurse]

I had a go at hanging my bag the other night and gave up cus it was becoming a mess.
I tried several hooks but it was plaster I had screwed into so that didnt work, I tried to make a hole from one side to the other

I thought that there was wood behind the plaster but I get the feeling there is nothing that will support the weight.
The ceilings are really hard, it's a concrete and steel construction.
The door ways have thick wooden planks along the top but you can guarantee I would punch or knee the door frame within minutes

Any suggestions please?

 

[Steve]

That arch is likely to be just plasterboard and timber construction.

Is the whole room painted that colour?

It needs to hang off a joist in the ceiling - or some structural support.

 

[diynurse]

That arch is likely to be just plasterboard and timber construction.

Is the whole room painted that colour?

It needs to hang off a joist in the ceiling - or some structural support.

Thanks
Yeah, it was my exes choice to make it that colour, my room is much prettier!

How do I find a joist or structural support?

 

[Steve]

Some drilling. There are "stud finders" on the market which detect changed in thickness of a material, but they are no good on lath and plaster ceiling. If you do have a concrete ceiling, the whole thing is a structural support I expect, but I dont know of any fixings that would hold such a heavy weight as you propose.

Since your ex made the decor decisions and you might be redecorating soon, you could re-structure that arch to take the weight, but you'd need to take at least one side of board off it. Re-boarding it is easy enough, and that woodchip stuff is still readily available (unfortunately). It looks like someone made a hash job of the arch to start with anyway, and the woodchip was there before the arch. (Is it an arch??? it looks too straight to be an arch)

 

[imamartian]

I hung a bag a couple of years ago in my spare room. Got a piece of 2.5" x 2" timber sitting across 2 of the joists. Got a piece of angle iron the same length and screwed this along the top corner. Then got a long eye-bolt through the ceiling up through the timber and through one of the holes in the angle iron , hefty washer and two nuts.

Takes the weight of a bag, even takes my 15st on a pull-up bar (well it would if i could do a pull up these days) - even takes a hanging seat.

(can you still get angle iron these days?)

 

[Steve]

His ceiling is concrete.