Homemade Diy Pull Up Bar Doorway

Depending on your set up the attachment to the ceiling may be different.

Homemade diy pull up bar doorway.

If you face your drywall with wood and anchor it well up the wall it will provide a solid base for making a diy pull up bar at home. Only do this if you know how to embed beefy drywall anchors. Better yet find your studs and make your rig the right width to correspond with anchoring it to your studs behind the drywall. No disrespect intended op this is the best diy pull up bar i ve seen make a run by home depot to pickup some pipe straps and a small piece of wood for a door brace and you re not too far from the cost of an off the shelf wal mart brand pull up bar.

I was very carful to make sure that the structure was securely fastened to the wall to avoid injury. I have bought different pull up bars that go in door way before but all of them are really not that good. How to make a pull up bar. Here is what i built in my back yard over the past couple weekends.

Use the inch drill bit to drill all four holes. You do need to get in shape. Construct the pull up bar as detailed in the photo above square and tighten all connections. Thread the pipe into one end of the galvanized 90 degree elbow.

In this video i m showing the pull up bar that i made in the house. 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. Sometimes homemade is great. Lets build a chinup bar.

Thread one of the flanges onto the opposite. Ryobi nation diy pull up bar this diy pull up bar doesn t need a doorway and can serve as a work out station for additional exercises. Steps hold one ceiling fan hanger against one side of your door frame at the desired height. 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.

If you have kids get them involved. This one is very safe. First load up the family for a trip to your local lowes or home depot store. You should now have two holes on either side of your door frame.

Construction start with an 18 inch piece of the galvanized steel pipe. As in ridiculously awesome. In the case of my pull up bar it is ridiculous. Screw the ceiling fan hangers into the door frame.