Installation & Assembly

***Tips for determining your ceiling joist direction:
-Look at the exterior slope of your porch roof. For the most part, ceiling joists will be going the
same direction as the slope of your porch roof (the shingle or metal roof on the outside of your
house-not your porch ceiling) section of your house you are looking at.
-If the slope of your porch ceiling changes directions creating a “hip roof” then it becomes a little
more difficult. In a roof that looks like image below, the ceiling joists change direction in the
corner but should still be 16” on center.
The hip roof installations require more planning on which particular joists you will use and
locations or the relative ceiling joists going the opposite direction if trying to place the swing in
the corner.
*If your porch ceiling is slanted, the joists will almost always be going the same direction as the
ceiling is slanted.
Step #2
Now that you determined the spacing and direction of your structural ceiling joists, you can
assess which model swing will work in this space. The sizing of our standard sized twin swings
vary depending on the design or the way that the rope attaches to the swing. This next section