I bought a dartboard at Ross the other day for $8.99. Impulse buy. But I like darts and I haven't had a real board in a while. It's not the best board in the world, of course, but it'll do for now. I wanted to hang it up in the basement in our extra living space, next to my kegerator (I'm a homebrewer too. More on that later). Beer and darts: a classic combination.
Step one was finding out how high up I needed to drill the hole. Wikipedia said the bullseye needed to be 5' 8" from the floor. On this board, it's another 10" from the bullseye to the hanger, so I needed to drill 6' 6" up. I moved the hole a little further to the left than I would have liked so that I could drill into the mortar--drilling into a solid brick is no fun. I used a 1/4 inch masonry bit and my trusty Ryobi One+ drill. My drill is at least 5 years old, and it still works like a champ. Just had to replace the original battery last year, so that's not bad. I don't know if they still build them like this, but I really like the Ryobi One+ system. You can get good deals on multi-tool kits at Home Depot, especially around Christmas.
It took a little while to drill the hole, mostly because I was standing on a bucket and couldn't get a lot of leverage. But after a few minutes I was done. I popped the blue plastic anchor into the hole, put in a 1 1/4" screw, and that was that. I measured 7' 9 1/4" + 1" (for the thickness of the board) from the wall and drew my line. Hung up the board, poured a beer, and it's time for some darts!
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