JohnL

Hi! Apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place, but I figured as I'm thinking about attaching something to a brick wall this might be the best place... I’m a DIY-newbie. I’ve put up a picture and curtain rail but that’s about it, so I’m looking for some advice about a DIY activity I’d like to do. I would like to hang a heavy boxing bag in my house. I don’t want to hang it outside, and the only inside option is the garage. There aren’t any decent looking roof beams, and it’s a flat roof, so I figure the best solution is to fix it from a wall bracket. The wall I am thinking of attaching it to is a single thickness brick wall. I am planning on attaching a 30kg bag using this bracket (which is spec’d for bags up to 100kg): Rather than fixing this directly to the wall, I thought it might be best to fix some wooden batons to the wall first and then screw the bracket to that. I thought a 1” (deep) by 2’ (wide) baton horizontally fixed to the wall with 4 x ??? masonry screws would do for the top two fixtures for the wall bracket. For the bottom two screws, I was thinking of a square of wood: 1” (deep) and 1’ x 1’ (wide/high) again with 4 x ??? masonry screws. I’d then fix the bracket to the wall, with screws long enough to go through the wood, and into the brick. So, I guess I’m asking: a) Is this a stupid idea from the offset? If it sounds reasonable what size screw would be best for the wood fixing and are the wood dimensions reasonable? c) What size screw should I use to screw the actual bracket in? The other side of the garage has a wall that it shares with the kitchen (so it's overall thicker), but it looks a hodge-podge of differently orientated bricks and breeze-blocks – hence why I’m thinking of avoiding that wall. Any help would be appreciated! This seems like a simple task, so think it’s best if I give it a bash, but obviously the missus wouldn’t appreciate me ripping a hole in the wall… Cheers, John

Hi, I'm a complete DIY-amateur. I've recently bought a house and would like to stop relying on getting people in to do simple DIY tasks that I should be doing myself. Hence I thought I'd join this forum and get some better advice about some jobs I'll be doing round the house. Thanks, John