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  • Foxy_Rei

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    June 2, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    Hmmm… Veena may overrule me on this but my guess would be that the pole would be fine on that girder. You’ll only have an inch and a half overlap on just 2 sides of the dome… you may end up putting up some sort of ceiling plate, either one that covers the whole surface of the dome or the one that fits inside the top of the dome, to help with stability. The one that fits inside the dome would probably work better, that way you have an entire surface as well as the rubbery ring on the rim of the dome putting pressure against the girder. Just make sure the wood you use is thick enough; so it’s not shorter than the rim and actually touches the girder.

    As far as your floors go, if you can’t even wear heels on the floor then perhaps you may want to get something to put under the base of the pole. It is a pressure-mounted pole and leaves pretty good dents in carpets so you may want to play it safe. No one else has had problems with hardwood floors but… hmmm I dunno. The rubber mat idea might work, and there are also a few people on here who have put their poles on small rugs and haven’t had problems (I’m not sure if an area rug would be recommended or not, though…), and that would be more attractive than the rubber mat. But once again, I’m no expert.