Arrangement of a place to practice sports in most standard living quarters with the use of purchased equipment is fraught with a number of difficulties. Firstly, a rather high price of kits for an apartment suits far from all. Secondly, despite the diversity of their linear parameters, it is not a fact that they will fit well into the overall interior on the segment that is allocated for these purposes.
The best option - to equip the home children's sports corner, making all its elements with their own hands. For someone who chooses this solution for their apartment, this article will be a good clue.
There are many different adaptations with which even in the apartment you can develop strength, agility, "swing" press and so on. But if we are talking about a sports corner for children, then it hardly makes sense to install various simulators such as a block, put a bench in the room for bench press and similar structures. For a child there are enough simple shells. Such an "inventory", like rocking horses and hanging swings in the apartment does not count - it's more a game zone, rather than a sporting one.
Recommended accessories for children's corner
- Cross-bars( horizontal bars). One - at least.
- The Swedish wall. In the apartment it is advisable to install 2 - "P" or "G" type( corner).
- Stairs. They are mounted horizontally, and on it the child can move on hands. In addition to the horizontal bar, this sports projectile helps to develop dexterity and endurance.
- Inclined boards. Young children use them at games like slides. A child of older age can "swing" the press.
- Rope.
- Rings( gymnastic).
- Basket( basketball).
Sports corner materials
Wood
It reduces the cost of corner equipment, simplifies the manufacturing process and reduces the load on the floor of the apartment. Where it is expedient to use it? There are different versions of sports mini-complexes, but from the point of view of trauma safety and sanitation from wooden workpieces it is undesirable to mount cross-bars.
First, the strength is clearly inadequate, since a thick "stick" the child's fingers simply can not completely cover. Secondly, the wood will have to be treated with special / compounds, paints and varnishes. Will the kid always wash his hands? Therefore, it is desirable to make of wood only racks, boards, benches.
Metal
The material is universal, and from it you can make almost any element of the children's sports complex in the apartment. But taking into account the susceptibility of "iron" corrosion( how to remove rust, read here), is more suitable either "stainless" or coated metal. First of all it concerns crossbeams. If the racks can still be painted with the same acrylic paint, then the lintels of the stair or the horizontal bar are not processed in this way. It is much easier to buy a chrome pipe.
Many organizations that provide services for the electrolytic coating of metals, offer ready-made samples. For example, a blank for "25"( with a wall thickness of 1 mm and a length of 3 m) will cost about 145 rubles. How much will it take for a child's corner in an apartment, if you cut it into pieces? On the strength of 3 - 4 pieces. Not such big money.
Basic element sizes
All linear parameters are recommended, both in terms of TB and usability( in mm).
- Rope - 11.
- Stair steps: length - 350, the distance between them is 20.
What to take into account
Sports corner in the apartment is better to do stationary. His portable version is suitable only for kids, and in a year or a year and a half he will no longer be needed.
Determined with the configuration, dimensions, features of the corner design, you need to count on the future. Children grow up, and some shells will eventually have to be removed and replaced by others more suitable for their age. It is necessary to provide how to fasten all the elements together, so that in the future the process of dismantling / installation does not turn into big difficulties.
Fixation of the main, carrying part of the whole complex should be as reliable as possible. Vertical racks are attached to the walls and ceiling of the apartment, it's understandable. But what about their lower parts? First, in order not to damage the floor covering and avoid the displacement of the support, you should think about the "shoes".For example, from RTI.Secondly, the racks, which are separated from the walls of the apartment, require additional fastening from below. And here the Pope also has something to reflect on.
If the support is fixed only at 1 point, then it is not a fact that with time, under constant dynamic loads, the floorboard does not begin to "play".And if the corner is completed in such a way that several racks are separated from the walls? Alternatively, fix a metal strip on the floor, perpendicular to its boards, by "fastening" it along the entire length. This will allow you to fix the racks on such an improvised platform, rather than on wood. Even under heavy loads, the flooring will withstand them, in contrast to a single floorboard, not to mention a laminate or a piece of parquet.
The author only identified one of the problems that you most often encounter when installing a corner in an apartment permanently, but how to solve it better, the master will have to think for himself, guided by local conditions.
Do not forget about the interior of the entire house and a separate room. By arranging a sports corner, it is not out of place to think how to organically "fit" it. And here it's not just the choice of paints and varnishes, but also in engineering solutions and design features.
Recommendations of the general plan is enough. And how to organize a sports corner for your child is completely at the discretion of dads and moms. Good luck!