[James Malloch]

I'm moving into a rented house soon and would like to put a fingerboard up in a beam. I think the landlord will be cool with it.

The beam is about the depth of a beastmaker (with room for hands on top), so not huge, and it is perfectly flat and painted white.

What would be the best way to mount a board so that at the end it is easy to return to it's normal state?

[rodma]

if it is a wooden beam, then just screw it straight to the beam

when you're due to move out, remove the beast and caulk the screw holes if necessary.

[SA Chris]

Use loads of lube and watch out for splinters in your foreskin

[Pebblespanker]

There are mounts available for no screws attachement of fingerboards to door frames - saw one on a popular auction site today whilst browsing - no idea if any good but its an option

[Oldmanmatt]

2012-05-21-16-25-36_99E75403-EF13-4992-B4CC-EAAAE1A0B8B9 by oldmanmatt, on Flickr


2012-05-21-16-25-51_72034B9B-DC7C-41E8-A42F-326CE995D2BB by oldmanmatt, on Flickr


2012-05-21-16-26-19_6A24D6DC-0983-4D44-B8FB-F52CF2AAD07F by oldmanmatt, on Flickr


2012-05-21-16-26-40_CC8E624B-0A69-4118-B990-C68EFB67F6D3 by oldmanmatt, on Flickr


2012-05-21-16-26-51_7A59B983-0463-433A-ACE5-47170009972E by oldmanmatt, on Flickr

Clearly not exactly the same...

But I have the same problem with rental properties.

Don't make any screw holes, mount it on a separate board and "sandwich" the beam.

On one above I used an old pine shelf (thank you Ikea), a bit of 2x4 fence post and some softwood packing strips (came wrapped around the new cooker (I tend to keep junk that "might be useful", this is a recipe for divorce)).

A packet of 2" screws and Bob's yer thingamy...

[James Malloch]

Thanks a lot for the replies, I'll speak to the landlord when I move about drilling. It's a newly done out room but I can offer to save him about £300 a year on council tax due to me being a student, so I'm hoping I can get a few drill holes out of that if I sort them out at the end.

I'll look at the door frame when I get there also as that may be a better idea...

Your set up looks cool too Matt, I will have to investigate and see if that could be an option to avoid damage all together!

Really hoping I can get one as I'm moving to Leeds for a year and wont know anyone so hoping to just climb and get stronger, if anyone is from Leeds then let me know as I'll bge keen to find some partners (tough I don't climb very hard.... yet)

[rodma]

2012-05-21-16-25-36_99E75403-EF13-4992-B4CC-EAAAE1A0B8B9 by oldmanmatt, on Flickr


2012-05-21-16-25-51_72034B9B-DC7C-41E8-A42F-326CE995D2BB by oldmanmatt, on Flickr


2012-05-21-16-26-19_6A24D6DC-0983-4D44-B8FB-F52CF2AAD07F by oldmanmatt, on Flickr


2012-05-21-16-26-40_CC8E624B-0A69-4118-B990-C68EFB67F6D3 by oldmanmatt, on Flickr


2012-05-21-16-26-51_7A59B983-0463-433A-ACE5-47170009972E by oldmanmatt, on Flickr

Clearly not exactly the same...

But I have the same problem with rental properties.

Don't make any screw holes, mount it on a separate board and "sandwich" the beam.

On one above I used an old pine shelf (thank you Ikea), a bit of 2x4 fence post and some softwood packing strips (came wrapped around the new cooker (I tend to keep junk that "might be useful", this is a recipe for divorce)).

A packet of 2" screws and Bob's yer thingamy...

That looks pretty neat, but honestly a few tiny screw holes in a timber beam (you only need about four screws to mount the beasty) is nothing and they'll only be visible from one side, and if your landlord is in anyway diy savvy, then he may even put it up for you.