Diy Joist Pull Up Bar

Supplies needed one 2 4 or other scrap wood one 1 inch x 36 inch galvanized pipe two 1 inch galvanized cap fittings tennis grip tape optional wood screws 1 1 2 inch spade drill bit power drill.

Diy joist pull up bar.

Screw the ceiling fan hangers into the door frame. Supplies for diy pull up bar 1 2 x 6 x 8 3 4 inch x 10 ft black pipe i found this in the plumbing aisle of the home depot 2 3 4 inch elbows 2 3 4 inch flanges rust oleum black hammered spray paint stain i used rust oleum sunbleached and minwax dark walnut 8 1 4 x 4 inch hex drive washer. Use the inch drill bit to drill all four holes. Most models are easy and quick to fit over the door frame and are usually compact and easy to store when not in use.

But it took too long to ship to my house. How to make a pull up bar. Designed to fit over and around a door frame without the need for any drill holes or fixings. The main selling feature of a door mounted pull up bar is the fact that it s removable.

He also suggested that i get some. One of the harder parts of this project is figuring out how to easily connect the bar to the posts. Better yet find your studs and make your rig the right width to correspond with anchoring it to your studs behind the drywall. At a high level you need to secure the pull up bar to a 2 x4 or 2 x6 that is itself secured to your ceiling rafters joists using lag screws or carriage bolts.

Well with a tip from my twin brother todd i used some floor flanges with female threads and a one inch pipe with male threads. Steps hold one ceiling fan hanger against one side of your door frame at the desired height. Making a diy pull up bar in 5 simple steps step 1. I ordered a really expensive 1 1 4 pull up chin up bar.

Mark on your frame where the. Glue and screw flanges to pipe. Only do this if you know how to embed beefy drywall anchors.