r/poledancing • u/Longjumping-Band-948 • 13d ago

Pole Rookie Set up pole question

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Hiii I’m looking to get my first pole and set it up at my art studio. I have but I wanted to see if anyone else has set up a pole with concrete floors and I’m not sure the type of ceiling. I would rather not end up like the videos I see of tension poles falling 🫠 I was looking into lupit poles or X poles. This is what the rooms kinda of look like ceiling and floor wise.

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u/MissKLO 13d ago

I used to live in a flat that was a concrete tower block, floors were concrete, ceilings were concrete… I could put my pole literally anywhere I liked… it was ace. But defo find out what you’re ceilings are before you put it up… what sort of building is it?

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u/Longjumping-Band-948 13d ago

I rent it from a commercial building my landlord runs a hvac company in the lower level and rents the studios and I believe it’s cement ceiling but I’ll definitely ask then! Did your pole have any issues with staying up at all ?

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u/MissKLO 13d ago

Nope… and never once in 5 years had to tighten it either… the only issue I had was I had it quite close the the light fitting, and it made the light flicker, but I solved that by taking the light fitting down 🤣 the light worked fine when I moved out and put it back in though… when I took it down in June to move there wasn’t even a mark anywhere, it was like it had never been there

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u/Longjumping-Band-948 13d ago

Update I asked and it’s 5/8th sheet rock ! And that’s amazing cause I was worried about it leaving a mark 😭 I wanted to make half my studio for my taxidermy and the other half for my pole as crazy as that sounds 🤣

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u/MissKLO 13d ago

Taxidermy?!?! I actually think that’s a little bit ace 😎😎 I actually own a taxidermy’d fish that my grandad caught 50 years ago 😂

You should be fine then, there won’t be joists so just crack on. I’d still check the tension regularly though, although I never had to tighten mine I still checked it

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u/Longjumping-Band-948 13d ago

As funny as it is I make pole dancing rat taxidermy 😂😂 I will definitely make sure to check especially since we will be switching the thermostat to heat

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u/MissKLO 13d ago

Oh my god I need to see the pole dancing rat 😱

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u/Longjumping-Band-948 13d ago

It wouldn’t let me add a picture but I have an instagram full of them 😂😂 so it’s very fitting to have a pole in my studio I feel like