Fluffy - Advice Needed

[clontaago]

Fluffy,

I want to drill a 10mm hole through this beam to hang a punching bag that weighs approx 40kg. The beam runs from the house bricks to a brick pillar on the other side of the garage/carport.

You can see by the attached pics where I have marked the hole, can you see any problems with drilling that size hole in it?

 

[The Gronk]

Maybe Matas could provide a nice big photo of himself to be stuck on the front of the punching bag

 

[Canteen Worker]

Maybe Matas could provide a nice big photo of himself to be stuck on the front of the punching bag

The bag is not big enough to fit him on!!!

 

[Fluffy]

Drilling the hole will not weaken the structural strenth of a beam that size. You could easily mount an anchor point for a fall arrest on it. Just make sure its well connected at the ends (looks structural so should be fine). If you are happy enough to do a chin up you will be fine.

Personally i would chuck a washer on each side due to the nature of the bag swinging below but its probably overkill.

 

[clontaago]

Cheers mate.