How to hang a hammock at the cottage: choosing a place and methods of fastening

We tell how to choose the right platform for hammock and hang it on trees, homemade frame, wall or ceiling.

In the country area, it is pleasant to relax, lying in the shade. To do this, you just need to know how to hang a hammock at the cottage. We will tell about different ways of fastening, including pillars and beams, as well as, where it is better to place it.

Where and how to attach hammock:

Select site

Fastening on trees

On beams

On portable carcasses

On walls

On the ceiling

Choose a platform for hammock

Such a resting place is most conveniently equipped with a lake, a pond or a swimming pool, in the far side of the garden. But the appropriate corner will be found not on each site, so the design is often suspended in the house, gazebo, on the porch, balcony or terrace. In any case, when choosing a site, you need to repel from several criteria.

Criterias of choice

• Lack of direct sun and draft. In order not to get solar burns and do not freeze.
• Smooth, clean surface at the bottom. Pits during the rain will be filled with water - it will be uncomfortable to climb the hammock. Under it should not be corrugated and stones.
• Return from noise. It is best to choose a place away from the road, a garage, a water pump, transformer.
• The distance between the supports of 3-4 meters. The gap must slightly exceed the length of the canvas (+30 cm) so that after installation it does not allow too much.
• The diameter of each tree and column is approximately 20 cm. The support should be whole, without splitting and other damage.

These rules are not so difficult to observe. Otherwise - it all depends on the planning of the site and your taste. Of course, it is best to fix the design so that a beautiful, soothing look be opened with it. True, the picturesque outdoor location can have one minus.

Rest near water and closed plots spoil mosquitoes and other insects. But there is a way out of such a situation - a mosquito net or a dense ballad.

Hammock Greenhouse.

How to hang a hammock on the trees

As we have already written above, a hammock can be hanging between two trees or invent a homemade frame. One of the options are covered in the ground racks or located under the ceiling beams. Vertical poles make removable and stationary. Sometimes the roof is attached to them. The base can also be a wall of the house with the inspected opposite the post. On the terrace or in a gazebo, the canvas stretch between the wall and already existing crossbars. Consider all the ways in turn.

If the design is attached above the branches, it is better to choose long bars - so that it does not fly when swinging. The branches should not be subtle or damaged. Just hanging bed You can make your own hands. You will need a rope or belts, dense tissue and two carbine hooks. The video shows how to fix the hammock on the tree.

You can hang the product and without carbines - just knitting strong knots. In addition to obvious advantages (budget, simplicity), this method has cons. Fastening often looks inset, adjust and unleash it problematic.

Required tools

• Durable rope with a diameter of at least 8 mm and a length of 2-3 m.
• Cambrick. The elastic head tube, which is put on the rope on the site, which it comes into contact with the crust. Instead of Cambricks, you can put a piece of dense tissue or skin under the loop.

Sequencing

• Benefit from one side of each sling node "Simple Explorer" or "Eight." The instructions are shown below.
• Curtain the free end in the lover or eyelet on the canvas and in the loop at the second end.
• Attach the design to the tree (preferably above the branch) using the "Remove" node. The hammock should be sided at an altitude of 1.5-2 meters. So that in the fossil state the distance from it to the ground was at least 40 cm.

It is possible to determine the optimal height, multiplies the distance between the supports by two and dividing the resulting number to three. If you are all done correctly, the design will resemble a banana. Try sitting on it, and then gradually lie down to check, the cloth twisted or not. During checking, the attachment should not be fused, move and rotate. Also pay attention to the supports - it is necessary that they do not creak and not bend.

Hammock Naturehike with inflatable board

Instructions for knitting node "Simple Explorer"

Fold the loop and wrap it around it 180 °. Credit in the resulting loop and tighten.

Knot "Remove"

• Wrap the tree to form a loop.
• Thread into it is a free end and make at least three revolutions around the working part of the rope.
• Tie a control knot to secure the loop.

Drove

Drove

Drove

Drove

Drove

Node "Eight"

• Take the sling and fold it in half to form a loop.
• The bottom free end impose on the top at the base of the loop. Must happen to eight.
• Get the same end to the first loop and tighten.

Bulin knot

• Wrap the rope around the support.
• Just below the base of the big loop do small, without revolutions.
• Through it a free end. At the same time, hold the loop with your hand.
• Wrap the running end behind the slings above the small loop and pull it back into it.
• Tighten the knot.

Method of fastening on carbines and rope

At the end of the rope, you need to start the "eight", to turn the carbine into it and wrap the rope around the barrel one or twice. The remaining free segment is wrapped around the stretched part until it end and fix the carbine.

Now let's tell you how to hang a hammock in the country without trees.

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On beams

Height, the diameters of the supports should be the same as in the previous case. To calculate the distance between them, add 30 cm to the length of the canvas. The frame can be seized and covered with a vessel to protect wood and decorativeness. Metal pipes - paint or use anti-corrosion impregnation.

Sequencing

• Skip the racks at a depth of no less than half a meter, construct the earth around. If the length of the columns is more than two meters, the optimal depth is at least one meter. To strengthen the design, the concrete poured onto the bottom of the pit and put the beams into it.
• Cement a platform. The option with concreting is more reliable - the soil will not be depleted from the rain.

Carnate fabric can also be attached, as in the trees. Use knots or hooks-screws to hang the cloth between the columns. The second option is considered more reliable, since the rope can slide on the pole. So, you got a solid, stationary construction that will have a lot of years. It can be supplemented by a canopy in case of bad weather or pergola - openwork partition for growing flowering and decorative lien.

Hammock Greenhouse.

On portable frame

If you do not want to attach to one place and make concreting, try making a portable frame.

You will need

• Boards 1.5 m long and 1.3 m (2 pcs.) For cross. Section 100 * 30 mm.
• Longitudinal bars cross section 80 * 80 mm and 3 meters long (2 pcs.).
• Side beams with a length of 2 m (2 pcs.).
• Stubborn beams with a length of 1.45 m (2 pcs.).
• Drill, hacksaw, grinding machine.
• Morida.
• Carabins or anchor hooks.

Sequencing

• Collect the boards, bars and paint them with a verse. After assembling the frame, the fasteners will be unavailable for processing.
• Make bays from two-meter beams. They must be arranged at an angle (approximately 60 °) - so that the distance between them was 3-4 m. At the top of each detail, make hooks for which you hang the cloth.
• Attach the drives between the longitudinal three-meter straps with bolts.
• Cut the stubborn bars so as to build them in the upper part with dosy.
• Make crossings. For a segment of 1.5 m pinch of a segment of 1.3 m. The distance from the center of the board to the edge of the entire design should be not more than 60 cm.
• Low part of the stubborn bars and longitudinal boards set on the cross.
• Suspend tissue on ropes or carbines.

In the video - visual instructions for making a similar frame.

On the wall

If the bearing wall, there will be enough hooks with a length of 10 cm and a diameter of 10 mm. For a non-bearing wall, take large hooks with thread and secure them with nuts. It should be borne in mind that such a surface can be unreliable. Pipes, door shoals, light partitions will not suit your goals.

Chair-hammock Greenhouse

Otherwise, the way of hanging the canvas is the same. For mounting on the crossbar it is better to use the hooks-screws if there are no transverse elements that will interfere with the slide loop. Before installing the design, imagine the swaying path. It is necessary to understand whether the furniture and other items will disturb. Then take a seat for bolts or hooks, drill holes in them. If this is concrete - clean the cement crumb from it before mounting the hook.

The video shows how to attach the design to the wall on the balcony. This method can also be used for the country terrace, and for the apartment.

On the ceiling

Ceiling beams or concrete base can be used in the house as a support. You will need ropes or chains, perforator (for concrete) and fastening items. For wooden floors, there will be quite ordinary screwed hooks with carvings. In the hollow plates, an anchor with a drop-down part is retained. For mounting on full-scale plates, conventional anchor bolts with a ring are suitable.

Sequencing

• Spread the cloth to determine the distance between the two hooks.
• Make marking.
• Drill holes, clean the cement crumb and dust from them.
• Insert the anchor, tighten it.
• Tighten the fastening nut.
• Check the fastening reliability and hang the cloth on the rope or chain.

Another video about how to mount a hammock to trees, if you do not have carbines and hooks.