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Safety and rigging

Ceiling heights, anchors, hardware ratings and what to check before anyone hangs anything.

Ceiling heights, anchors, hardware ratings and what to check before anyone hangs anything.

Hub introduction of 400 to 600 words to be supplied with the article copy. This page lists every guide on the subject below, with a sentence each, and links to the other four subjects.

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Safety and rigging · 1 min read

Ceiling height for aerial

The minimum ceiling height for aerial hammock, silks and hoop, why the number changes with the apparatus, and how to measure a room properly.

Safety and rigging · 1 min read

Rigging an aerial hammock at home

Why a ceiling hook is not a rigging point, what a door frame bar can and cannot hold, and what has to be checked before anyone hangs anything.

Safety and rigging · 1 min read

Basic safety manual for aerial practice

The non-negotiables for students and teachers, in one page: screening, spotting, falls and what to do when something goes wrong.

The other subjects

Getting started

What a first class is like, what to wear, what it costs and how to tell a safe studio from an unsafe one.

The apparatus

What each apparatus is, what it asks of the body, and which to start with.

Teaching and training

How to choose a training, what the hours mean, and what a certificate does and does not say.

Studio setup

Ceiling, rigging, spacing, flooring, and the order to do them in so nothing costs twice.