Setting up a little gym in my basement for my teenager. Low ceilings.
Attached is a photo from years ago BEFORE we installed sheetrock. Space was used for storage. You can see that we used aluminum studs, not 2x4's.
Now I want to screw in some kind of bar onto the wall, to the left of the corner, to use for resistance bars. My teenager is strong and I don't want stuff ripping out.
I'm guessing that screwing a single eye hook screw into an aluminum stud would be a mistake. I've thought about putting a vertical 2x4 "on the other side of the wall" and then securing a resistance bar to that stud by drilling through the sheetrock then through the aluminum stud and then into the wood. I would use a nut on the end.
Any other suggestions? I'm afraid i don't have a sense of how strong screws into aluminum might be.
Thanks,
Andy
Attached is a photo from years ago BEFORE we installed sheetrock. Space was used for storage. You can see that we used aluminum studs, not 2x4's.
Now I want to screw in some kind of bar onto the wall, to the left of the corner, to use for resistance bars. My teenager is strong and I don't want stuff ripping out.
I'm guessing that screwing a single eye hook screw into an aluminum stud would be a mistake. I've thought about putting a vertical 2x4 "on the other side of the wall" and then securing a resistance bar to that stud by drilling through the sheetrock then through the aluminum stud and then into the wood. I would use a nut on the end.
Any other suggestions? I'm afraid i don't have a sense of how strong screws into aluminum might be.
Thanks,
Andy
