Putting in a pole

smacl

Eldest daughter is getting very into pole fitness and we're looking to have a pole fitted to an extension room. The problem is that the room has a vaulted ceiling (pics below) so may need to have a joist of some kind added to bear the load of a person swinging out of a pole. Any idea if this is feasible, and what type of cost / construction work would be involved. Floor is concrete but has a waste pipe running underneath it so would require a bit of care if the kangos were coming out.

RobAMerc

I dont know the diameter of the poles but I imagine they are fairly rigid and could support her with just a large based plate bolted to the floor without the need for a top beam support of any sort.

All you would need then is 4 large expansion anchors ( hilti bolts ) and 4 holes in the ground - simple enough really.

You never mentioned if you wish to make it removable when shes not dancing ?

smacl

Not sure of the diameter, but I would have thought if she was high on the pole moving her weight around she'd be generating a large amount of leverage, hence the thinking that it would need to be supported top and bottom, and hence joist of some kind of joist. Free standing poles tend to have a very large base for this.

RobAMerc

As I said. I don't know if you want to be able to move it but the size of the base would be less of an imposition than having to put a new rafter into the ceiling. Plus I think a bit of engineering to make the pole would be a lot cheaper than a builder coming to add a joist.

Bonzo Delaney

I think an engineered pole with a fixed plate bolted to the ground on the bottom and a sleeved angled to the roof pitch plate on top fixed to the Center rafter at the hip side would do the rafters would be easy enough found look for the nails in the sheeting.

kirving

The type you can buy are generally supported top and bottom, and are held in place by compression. You twist a bolt to expand the poll and lock in place. I was surprised at how easy it was to assemble and for that and the quality alone, it was worth the couple of hundred my friend paid.

If I remember correctly, the poll was about 50mm in diameter, but the base and top plates were maybe 500mm in diameter.

I don't think bolting it to the floor would look good, and any kind of exposed bolts would be dangerous in the case of a fall. Without bolting it down, the bottom would have to be prohibitively big to prevent it falling over.

The Codemaster

Kevin Irving wrote: »

The type you can buy are generally supported top and bottom, and are held in place by compression. You twist a bolt to expand the poll and lock in place.

Aren't these the ones you always see in YouTube fail videos, because they always fall down?

RobAMerc

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

I think an engineered pole with a fixed plate bolted to the ground on the bottom and a sleeved angled to the roof pitch plate on top fixed to the Center rafter at the hip side would do the rafters would be easy enough found look for the nails in the sheeting.

yea, there is no reason you couldnt make an angled fixing plate to the roof. the only issue i'd have with this is that it would cause a fair bit of damage to the current ceiling cladding - my solution would allow you unbolt the gound plate and throw a bit of carpet over it.

dodzy

RobAMerc wrote: »

yea, there is no reason you couldnt make an angled fixing plate to the roof. the only issue i'd have with this is that it would cause a fair bit of damage to the current ceiling cladding - my solution would allow you unbolt the gound plate and throw a bit of carpet over it.

It'll need top support for stability. No question. To avoid this, the pole diameter would have to be far too wide for hands to grip.