Diy Pull Up Bar Doorway

Avoid doors located in corners and also ones with weak frames.

Diy pull up bar doorway.

The doorway pull up bars are designed to easily fit into a 32 wide doorway with border trim. The mechanics of these pull up bars is pretty simple as well. Depending on your set up the attachment to the ceiling may be different. Make the width of the main chinup bar at least 7 wider than the doorframe giving yourself a wide enough bar for wide grips.

The main selling feature of a door mounted pull up bar is the fact that it s removable. 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. Measure 3 inches from the bottom of the boards and use the 1 1 2 inch spade bit to make a hole in both boards.

Cut boards cut two identical pieces of the 2 4 to the height at which you d like the bar to hang. These pull up bars only have 3 points of contact on your frame total. Mark on your frame where the. As much as possible try and make sure that you do not exert undue pressure on weaker surfaces.

Doorway pull up bars are simple pieces of gym equipment. 36 would be a good minimum with up to 44 being useful for your workout. The wooden bar is used in a small doorway while the metal one is used for a wider 1 2 m gap between two walls. This example is cut to 18 inches but it will vary depending on ceiling height and personal preference.

Steps hold one ceiling fan hanger against one side of your door frame at the desired height. Use the inch drill bit to drill all four holes. You should now have two holes on either side of your door frame. The first would be on the very top lip of your door frame.

Construct the pull up bar as detailed in the photo above square and tighten all connections. The front support braces should be wide enough to completely cover the trim at least 5 minimum. How to build a pull up bar. While a smaller diameter bar is maybe enough for kids i would recommend a wider outside diameter than 1 1 4.

Over the door pull up bar. Designed to fit over and around a door frame without the need for any drill holes or fixings. Only do this if you know how to embed beefy drywall anchors. Screw the ceiling fan hangers into the door frame.

These dimensions work fine for my weight of roughly 70 kg.