Return-path: <MCLAURY_at_aol.com> From: MCLAURY_at_aol.com Full-name: MCLAURY Message-ID: <4a.53a2c7c.264b7583_at_aol.com> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 22:31:31 EDT Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak storage To: eric_at_atdesk.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 105 Good question .... I just bought my first kayak (a 15 footer) and I live in a 2-story townhouse. I want to keep it on the first floor - for obvious reasons. >From a quick measure of the rooms the only place to put it is either on the living room floor as a step-over conversation piece and hope my dog doesn't decide to chew the bow or stern ..... or hang it over the sofa somehow as a piece of art. I don't mind keeping it in the living room, but would prefer the "hang it over the sofa" idea rather than just sitting in the middle of the floor. Help - I pick it up on Friday. Any suggestions will be appreciated ! P.S. It's fiberglass Susan *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
MCLAURY_at_aol.com wrote: > I just bought my first kayak (a 15 footer) and I live in a 2-story townhouse. > I want to keep it on the first floor - for obvious reasons. > > >From a quick measure of the rooms the only place to put it is either on the > living room floor as a step-over conversation piece and hope my dog doesn't > decide to chew the bow or stern ..... or hang it over the sofa somehow as a > piece of art. > > I don't mind keeping it in the living room, but would prefer the "hang it > over the sofa" idea rather than just sitting in the middle of the floor. > > Help - I pick it up on Friday. Any suggestions will be appreciated ! > > P.S. It's fiberglass Locate the **centers** of two studs in the wall (stud finder from the hardware store, then very small finishing nail). Attach an "L"-shaped 2 x 4 support (leg of the L up), plywood gussetted at the joint, with a pair of 1/4-inch diameter lag screws to each of the studs. This will hold an enormous amount of weight. I held three kayaks on an extended version of one of these. Holes in the wall? patch with vinyl spackle when you leave and renew the paint -- they have computerized paint matching systems at larger hardware stores. I did this in an apt I rented for several years and the property manager would have never known ... except for the inspection tour ... the landlord was with her, and though she fumed, he said "cool!" 'cause he was a freighter-driver. He and I had a nice talk about yaks while she ooked and awked about what I had done. Something about forgiveness being easier than permission. YMMV. Or, sink some big hooks into a couple ceiling joists and hang it from there on two-inch webbing. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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