How to hang a 50kg boxing bag off internal brickwork?

danfeghaly

50mm coach screwsHi Team,

I recently installed this bag bracket (15kg) and bag (50kg) into single internal brickwork with 50mm coach screws and ramset plugs.  The bracket went up fantastic and is as solid as I expected.  But the other half now has me second guessing myself and is asking the question whether the bricks will hold the weight and if they will crumble under the pressure?  I know the screws aren't going anywhere, it's whether these bricks are designed to hold such a weight.  My thinking is that if a course of bricks did crumble (say where the top screws are) then at least the bottom row and screws wouldn't be affected and hold the bracket up.  If this bracket came away from the wall and me on the head, it would be game over.  Has anyone heard of a bracket falling away like this?

EricL

Hello @danfeghaly 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about your boxing bag mount.

I strongly suggest having a good look at this discussion - Wall mounting 50kg boxing bag by @nickholme. Your other half has brought up a very important topic, will four bricks hold up against a well-placed 300kg punch? This is the typical amount of force generated by a well-placed punch. Multiply that several times and that will be the amount of force travelling through the steel mount into your bricks.  

The good news is that there are ways and means to distribute that load being applied to your wall. In reference to the discussion I mentioned @TedBear made an excellent suggestion of running two timber pieces up the wall and anchoring along the length of the timber to provide anchoring points and spreading the load. This would be a very effective method of spreading the generated force from the bag. 

I also recommend at having a look at some of the previous discussions on mounting boxing bags.

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Eric