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Anchoring a top rope at home 30-Mar-2009 At 9:03:08 PM stonetroll

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Hi Dizzy . . that's a very broad queastion to ask about building onto an allready existing brick wall as there are so many variables involved.

What is the structurial integraty of the wall ?
What's the main purpose of the wall ?
What type of brick is it made from ?
Will it need extra bracing ?

It sounds like the wall is the side of building, if that's the case then 45mm x 90mm timber at 600mm centres bolted to the brick useing 100mm x 10mm dyna bolts at 500mm centres and counter sunk, would be a solid frame to take ply.

You'ld have to check out the best place for drilling into the brick as bricks come in various cross sectional patterns. Some bricks are solid but some have holes through them. Some times these holes can be 3 large holes or 10 small holes or different pattern alltogether.

There fore where you drill into the brick will depend on the type it is. It may some times be a case that actually drilling between the bricks at the perpendicular join is an better option.

If you can provide more information or some photos i may be able to give better suggestions and advice.

Good luck with your project : )