How to Set Up a Dart Board?

There are several types of dartboard made from sisal fiber, cork, paper, wood, or plastic with a diameter of 18 inches. Your indoor amusement and fun of the pub largely depend on where it will be installed. Make sure there is enough open space as the players could move easily and has sufficient space for the audience so that the prospect of injuries would be escaped. Now the dartboard sticks to the wall perfectly and keeps enough space behind the oche so that the audience and other players could sit next to players.

Cautions

Before began playing the dartboard, you should be cautious because drat will off frequently and can damage your floor and dart turn into dull. It will be wise to install a dart mat to protect your floor and dart as well. Make sure your floor is level enough, not so; place a cardboard sheet under matt. 

Install the dartboard away from doors, windows, and high crowded places. It might be the best option to selects an unused wall where nobody usually comes. Next, remove all expensive objects and fragile while you have decided to practice the game at home. Furthermore, use a protective layer in the wall surpasses of dartboard because most of the players are not experienced, so the dart might not always hit the board, may hit your wall. When a dart misses the target, it could ruin your expensive wall paint, so we encouraged you to take protective steps to keep your wall safe using protective layers that do not cost much.

Hanging Measurement

First thing’s first: you should know the proper hanging measurement of dartboard before installing it to the wall. Make sure there is enough open space for safety and comfortable darting environment. Also, ensure enough space for players and audience as well. Hanging measurement mainly deals with dartboard height from floor, oche distance from the board, and diagonal distance.

Height

It is a crucial part while setting up the dartboard, how much above you will install the dartboard from the floor. Most of the experts recommend mounting the dartboard around 5 feet 8 inches above from floor to bullseye that is internationally recognized official dart board height. So, you can follow the height measurement for better sporting experiment. 

Oche Distance

From how far away you will through the small dart to the board is a big question in the dartboard game. Usually, it is called an oche or throwing line that is set up at least 7 feet 9 ¼ inches (2.37 meters) away from the dartboard not from the wall. Because a dartboard has average 1 ½ inches thickness.

At first, mount the dartboard at the correct height then drop a plumb line or string from the center of the bullseye to the floor. Form the endpoint of plumb that touches the floor you take 7 feet 9 ¼ inches distance where have to setup throwing line or oche. Also, you can take 8 feet distance for an electric dartboard.

Diagonal Distance

It is another perfect way to mark the oche in a correct distance from the dartboard. You need help from someone to determine the throwing line from the center of the dartboard for the perfect diagonal distance. Hold the tape at the center of the bullseye and extend the tape 9 feet 7 ⅜ inches (2.37 meters) diagonally to the oche or throwing line. 

How to Mount Dart Board?

I will highly recommend you do not mount the dartboard on the wall directly instead of the make sure a backing surface on your wall. When you try to mount it with a heavy-duty anchor screw on your wall, you may face some problems like damaging your wall. A high-quality dartboard is the only weight of 10 lbs, so; you do not need a piece of heavy equipment to mount it. Make sure a backing surface on your wall before installing the dartboard on your wall.

Conclusion

This is the overall dartboard installing guidelines that will really help you. In brief, we here described nearly everything that is needed for mounting the dartboard. If you follow the above-described instruction and roles, we can ensure you about mounting the dartboard by yourself without taking help from experts or service providers. So, play the indoor dartboard game and take the feelings of pubs and bars at your home or any other places.