Build Your Own Bouldering Wall

The easiest and generally best plan is to build a 45 degree overhanging wall that s 8 feet wide and runs floor to ceiling.

Build your own bouldering wall.

A bouldering wall is constructed in much the same way as a wood framed house. Designing your own wall evaluate your space. Now that you. A bouldering wall is constructed in much the same way as a wood framed house.

Decide how you will support your wall. If its more for your climbing children you can still build the wall at that height but the climbing holds to be installed till a maximum height so that the child cannot climb higher than that. The individual walls are formed from a lumber framework attached to an existing structure e g your garage wall or supported by its own structure then the framework is sheeted with plywood creating the climbing surface. Your garage wall or supported by its own structure then the framework is sheeted with plywood creating the climb ing surface.

Attaching your wall to an existing structure will eliminate some support braces. Look at the space you have available to build your wall and decide how to use it most efficiently. This is steep enough to give you a good pump while providing enough area to set some real problems and it keeps the math nice and simple. If you re building a vertical wall it should be at least 6 to 8 feet tall whereas an overhanging wall should be between 8 to 14 feet tall.