Camouflaged eyebolts...

My wife @Nurse_Ruby wants to do what we call acrobatic activities. For that to happen, I'd need to install a couple of eyebolts in the ceiling. I am more than capable of installing them as I've been in construction for almost 20 years now. That being said, we also have a 15 and 16yo. Does anyone have an idea to camouflage such eyebolts?

. . . . we also have a 15 and 16yo. Does anyone have an idea to camouflage such eyebolts?

Forget it. They will figure it out.

We have eye bolts in the ceiling over our bed and in our bathroom (I hang plants from them as a distraction) and eye bolts on our bedframe. We also have a 3 x 7 foot leather upholstered bondage table with hooks in our bedroom that is also used for storage of linens, pillows and lately some rope for quick access. The eye bolts in the ceiling should be 3/8" and go about 2 1/2" into the ceiling rafters. The eyes can be recessed into the sheet rock so only about half of the eye is exposed. You don't need more than that exposed to be able to attach hooks, rope or hasps.

If you're that kinky, they will know it.

Our daughters confronted us when they were about 11 and 14 and were fully aware of S&M when they were 10 thanks to older kids on their school bus.

https://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;topic=2345

Have an open and honest discussion--the kind YOU would want if you were your children.

Also see this:

https://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;topic=68606

https://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;msg=813890

Something like this:

https://goo.gl/9ssYGV

(or something more to fit your style) perhaps? Replace the stock hooks with more....capable versions?

PS - Since this is primarly about bondageish gear, I moved it...

I think Susie's right. They notice more than I think my other half realizes. We have an iv stand in our bedroom that typically has a bath robe thrown over it. (Great for holding enema bags - just sayin' 😉 While I'm doubtful they have realized that it has attachments that allow it to also be used as a spreader bar - I know they realize that its an "extra" aka not found in every home. I kinda take the "if you want to know ask" view on things with them. Our youngest will ask me about things on occasion but our oldest cringes at the openess. Both have been given required talks on concent & safety as they are both dating. I think that is where I am not geneticly linked it's a bit easier to hear things from me.

The suspension point in the bedroom is inside an old smoke detector housing.

When I was using swag hooks for enema suspension I used white ones. I knew they were there and sometimes couldn’t see them.

The suspension point in the bedroom is inside an old smoke detector housing.

That's a good idea, but how many smoke detectors can you have in one room ? ? ? 😁

One smoke detector and one carbon monoxide detector. If you need a third, it can be a burglar alarm motion detector housing. The ceiling could get a little crowded. 😁

The detectors are a good idea, but they really should be near the entrance to a room, not over a bed where it could be too late to be notified.

Just be honest with your kids.

Tell them you are sex maniacs and since it is genetic, they will become just like you.

For those wanting to know how to do suspension points in a ceiling in the bedroom and who are really crafty take a look here. Even if you are not, it could give you some ideas and there is a simpler way of doing what I did with heavy angle brackets and nuts and bolts.

https://www.zity.biz/index.php?mx=gallery;ox=showalbum;ax=8282

Simple. Mount your suspension points to the ceiling. Go to your local garden center. Pick up four hanging plants. Hang them from the suspension points. Tell the kids that you thought some flowers would brighten the place up a bit!

When they're old enough to figure out that maybe the hooks aren't for plants, they're old enough to have "the talk" with.

Doc

Even if you don't want to do that you can attach a 4x4x 2 foot chunk to the joist, drill through that, and use a through bolt eye, washer, and nut. I think "official human holding devices" often have a plate that wraps all the way around the beam so it can't pull away to the side, but that is unlikely with your device.

@moliere , you are quite right and some may consider it over kill, but I have heard the stories of things gone horrible wrong. Like the one of the guy who was suspended and a rope around his ball sac, the beam broke yanking his balls off, and the domme was not his wife and the wife did not know about his extra curricular activities either. The other thing I have to consider too is that I am the one who made it and if anything was to happen, I could be named in the lawsuit. Being an engineer, we are suppose to be careful in how we design stuff.

You didn’t have to state your profession it was obvious to one who has engineers in the family.

Master Dorson, I read your link and while I like overkill and your mount, it is much more involved and strong than practically anybody who weighs under 250 pounds needs--especially if it is being used in pairs or fours to hold a sex sling.

In our first house, we had screw eyes in the bottom of the ceiling joists/rafters that were 2"x 8" (1.5" x 7.5"--typical construction) and never heard as much as a squeak when we pounced on the ropes suspended from that screw. In our present house, we have the same 3/8" stainless steel screw eyes screwed into 1.75"x 16" microlam LVL joists (36' span). NOTHING is going anywhere! If I had a strong enough hook, I could probably suspend my car from one of those.

It comes from having to make equipment for a the BDSM group I used to be active in and we had people who were over 300 lbs. We had to take into account the dynamic loading that would occur during play and design accordingly. One woman I dated was 324 lbs. and 6' 1" heavy boned and strong, when I met her. I rather be safe than sorry...

I have wooden beams in my living room. My anchors are sunken and I have a matching stained wooden panel piece that opens up. You really have to know where to look. And, he'll, my head and foot boards on my bed are massive with anchors and openings at many points. Plus anchor and pulley points over my bed.

Being a mechanical engineer helps with design issues. Just saying.