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I just bought this adjustable platform:
As I mentioned in my last post, I'm 6'6" and will be mounting the platform on an eight-foot-tall wall. After opening the box, I held one of the metal poles (the vertical poles in the photo) vertically against the wall, with the top end about three inches below the ceiling, then held my speed bag (an Everlast "medium") up to the height at which it would hang if the pole was in that position and the spring pin lock was in the top hole. I was happy to find that the belly of the bag was a few inches above my mouth--too high even for me. So the wall is plenty tall even for a giant like me to use this particular platform. So far, so good.
The problem is this (see what a newbie handyman I am): the stud-finder I'm using has no problem locating the edges of the studs on lower areas of the wall, but in the area close to the ceiling, it doesn't register anything. I think that may be because the entire three or four inches below the ceiling is solid wood, or solid something; when I knock on it, it feels hard and there's no echo at all. Will I be okay to drill in this area? I'd like to mount the platform as high as possible.
Thanks for all your help.
As I mentioned in my last post, I'm 6'6" and will be mounting the platform on an eight-foot-tall wall. After opening the box, I held one of the metal poles (the vertical poles in the photo) vertically against the wall, with the top end about three inches below the ceiling, then held my speed bag (an Everlast "medium") up to the height at which it would hang if the pole was in that position and the spring pin lock was in the top hole. I was happy to find that the belly of the bag was a few inches above my mouth--too high even for me. So the wall is plenty tall even for a giant like me to use this particular platform. So far, so good.
The problem is this (see what a newbie handyman I am): the stud-finder I'm using has no problem locating the edges of the studs on lower areas of the wall, but in the area close to the ceiling, it doesn't register anything. I think that may be because the entire three or four inches below the ceiling is solid wood, or solid something; when I knock on it, it feels hard and there's no echo at all. Will I be okay to drill in this area? I'd like to mount the platform as high as possible.
Thanks for all your help.
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