Homemade Diy Pull Up Bar Doorway

Thread the pipe into one end of the galvanized 90 degree elbow.

Homemade diy pull up bar doorway.

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 have bought different pull up bars that go in door way before but all of them are really not that good. Here is what i built in my back yard over the past couple weekends. Only do this if you know how to embed beefy drywall anchors.

Sometimes homemade is great. Depending on your set up the attachment to the ceiling may be different. 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. Lets build a chinup bar.

First load up the family for a trip to your local lowes or home depot store. Construct the pull up bar as detailed in the photo above square and tighten all connections. You should now have two holes on either side of your door frame. It is made from 2x4s 2x6s plywood and some iron pipe fittings.

I was very carful to make sure that the structure was securely fastened to the wall to avoid injury. Thread one of the flanges onto the opposite. Screw the ceiling fan hangers into the door frame. How to make a pull up bar.

If you have kids get them involved. This one is very safe. Use the inch drill bit to drill all four holes. In this video i m showing the pull up bar that i made in the house.

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. Mark on your frame where the. Using the 48 inch piece of galvanized steel pipe and working with one set of the piece finished in the step above. Better yet find your studs and make your rig the right width to correspond with anchoring it to your studs behind the drywall.

You do need to get in shape. Steps hold one ceiling fan hanger against one side of your door frame at the desired height. In the case of my pull up bar it is ridiculous. Construction start with an 18 inch piece of the galvanized steel pipe.