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Its another east European bloke!!
Can I be of assistance.... i put up a friends shag-swing, its been thouroughly tested and still up!!! 
My rates are reasonable..... one BJ per hour.......reckon it should take about 10 hours to put up lol! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You can't just place the securing bracket anywhere on the ceiling, the top fixing needs to be placed upon a ceiling joist or no matter how much you tighten the stiffening device, the pole will be loose and wobble and fall over.
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You need to find your ceiling joists, usually 18 inches apart, but does vary.
Knock your ceiling with your knuckles, and move across the ceiling, if it sounds hollow all the time you are running in line, so go across, until your knocking sounds more solid.
Do this up and down, marking where it sounds most solid with a pencil, from both sides, then knock a nail in between the marks, you should hit a joist, if the nail goes in easy, and you can pull it out easy, you have missed the joist.... simples!!
Or you can buy a joist finder, fairly cheap from most DIY stores, usually sold as a pipe or cable locator, but does find wooden joists too.
Word of warning, look out for where your ceiling light cables might run, or else you might get an affro hairstyle lol!! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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but, how will i know where the wires are?
u know last time i did diy i put shelfs up and it was done on msn over two days with a dude telling my drill was not gonna blow up. i dont wanna go through that again lol |
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"yea i can either twist it into place, which i have tried and it goes wobbly or i can screw it. i have two lights in the room god this is confusing."
Lol!!
Well, I hate to say this hun, but it sounds like you are gonna have to get a guy in to help you!
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