Front view of ceiling mount pull up bar.
Diy pull up bar garage ceiling.
Once together i did a weight check.
Even if you re not a pull up ninja i found that a ceiling mounted pull bar offers additional features uses equipment that doesn t even require doing one pull up making it a great all around addition to a home gym.
The shorter pieces of pipe screw into the other ends of the elbow joints.
Screw the flanges into the remaining exposed pipe ends.
Screw your pull up bar together before mounting it on the ceiling.
Cut two identical pieces of the 2 4 to the height at which you d like the bar to hang.
Side view of ceiling mount pull up bar.
Using the instructions that have been detailed above you should be able to construct an awesome homemade pull up bar in your garage or house.
I learned a lot on the first anchor so the second one went up very easily.
Use your wrench to tighten as needed.
Our latest addition to the home gym makeover is this diy pull up bar.
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.
A ceiling mounted pull up bar is a perfect addition to a home gym.
How to build a pull up bar.
Insert one 90 degree elbow into each end of the long bar.
Note in order to get the bar to come together the second anchor has to be install after you attach the pull up bar to the vertical 3 4 bar not before.
Nice and strong but still required one more part of the assembly before any.
Insert shorter pipes into elbows so that they form a right angle to the longer bar.
This example is cut to 18 inches but it will vary depending on ceiling height and personal preference.
Here is a detailed tutorial to make your own.
The elbow joints go on the ends of the longer piece of pipe.