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Sorry! I wasn't paying attention to the category... was just looking at all "new" posts!
Hello all,
We are working on building an above ground pit. Our ceilings are just over 16' high. It seems like 6' is the recommended height. Do any of you use pits that are only 5'? How did you build the platforms for the trampoline beds?
Thanks!
and i thought i might add specifically to the ceiling height. if the floor of this above ground pit is 5 feet, which means a 5 foot hole, this leaves a clearance of 11 feet to a ceiling structure. if it were 4, which would not be recommended for any kind of high level use, that would leave a clearance to a ceiling structure of 12 feet. most above ground pits have a minimum of 20 feet to the closest ceiling structure.
i can tell you right now, i have both boys and girls that would hit your ceiling at 11 or 12 feet. and they would do this easily. when you consider that the girls bar is 96 inches (8 feet from the ground) and they do a high level dismount, say double lay or back in full out which can be 2 to 3 feet above the 8 foot mark...8 plus 2 equals 10 feet from the ground. or, 6 feet from the nearest ceiling structure with a 5 foot above ground pit. i can guarantee you that they will hit their feet above. now boys high bar dismounts??? they'll be sticking their dismounts up on the roof.
all you could really do with a 16 foot ceiling is low level gymnastics. sorry...
There's a local gym that has no net or tramp at the bottom of their 5' deep pit. I found this out the "hard" way fooling around at a friend's kid's birthday party. They cater to preschool kids, so it's probably fine for them.Not a gym owner sorry, but very interesting, I learn so much here! I'm intrigued by pits having a trampoline at the bottom - at our gym the pit has a net.