[GCW]

I had thought of it, but I'll be putting a joist across between walls to support the top of the board, so once it's in it's not easy to alter.

[punkpunk]

I wouldn't bother with a kickboard, even on a 45.

[Oldmanmatt]

Old mattress against the wall? Or a pad?

[GCW]

It's an old church door with spiky fittings!

[punkpunk]

I've used carpet underlay offcuts to pad corners, radiators, door handles etc? You can layer it up in sections and glue or staple it in place.

[GCW]

I know, but any aesthetics will need to be signed off by the better half 

[SA Chris]

Got a shitload of riba riba underlay underlay to use. Would have had more if well meaning dad-in-law hadn't taken it all to the dump while I was at work.

[punkpunk]

Some of the foam stuff looks kinda tie dye....

[Probes]

If your struggling for space, one of the boards i built at uni in my room was 3x 8x4's sideways, first one at 45, second at 80, 3rd at 15, with a foot and half kick board. This was a really cool board and gave you a lot of climbing for the space.
If you want any woody's pm me Gareth and i can do you some for a good price.. ive a load at the mo anything between 2 & 5 quid each, might have to do some custom though if your building a 40-45deg.

[GCW]

It's a decent space really- 2.6m wide, 4m high, and (from memory) about 4ish long.
I may well drop you a line at some point Paul.  I'll get on with building in the next couple of months I expect.

[rginns]

Would echo nibs on wooden holds, they can get a bit variable with temo. Although feet and crimos have been fine on my board. I got a load of holds from theclimbingholdcompany on ebay and ive been pretty impressed. Get a good mix and you should be reet...

[Oldmanmatt]

It's an old church door with spiky fittings!

Great motivation not to fail....

[GCW]

Now the board is all but finished, I'm turning attention to matting.  We* want something that looks nice and is functional.  We also need to move part of any matting in order to open the outer doors (unfortunately they open inwards).

Has anyone any recommendations for nice matting?

I've got various holds now (Moon, Bleaustone etc) but I've not used them in anger so can't comment yet.



*err, well.....

[rginns]

Nowt wrong with a second hand mattress !  usually free too, that's what I've got, with mats on top.

However, if you (pl) don't want that - local used gym mats? I briefly looked into buying new matting of the Gym type and nearly had a coronary when I saw the pricing

[GCW]

I think she wants something posh, so "old" ain't a word to be uttered.

[SA Chris]

The heap of assorted old cushions, manky mattresses etc look a lot better with an old beadspread or something thrown over them and tucked in. I've kept a load of offcuts of old underfelt too.

[GCW]

True, although I think we're after something like this:

[Oldmanmatt]

Just buy some (2) 8x4'x8" gym mats.

We use http://www.olympicgymnasium.com/  because they were the cheapest we found and the've been reliable for the 3 times we've used them.

We use them under the 45* board at the Bunker and they're plenty thick enough and toggle together to minimise the drifting apart thing.
A more expensive solution for sure, but easier on the eye (and to keep clean) the a pile of old mattresses and underlay...

Not the best web site, you're better just searching for "crash mats" than trying to locate it through the menu.