How to Make Your Own Garage Pull-Up Bar

Pull-up bars are an exceptional and easy-to-build tool for workouts. The basic design for ceiling-mounted pull-up bars houses two supports anchored to the ceiling joists that suspend a sturdy bar approximately 6 to 7 feet over the ground. Pre-built units can be expensive. Building your own pull-up bar out of galvanized pipe is cheaper and takes a matter of minutes to assemble and install. The galvanized metal is sturdy enough to hold a fully grown adult's weight.

3 galvanized pipe nipple, 3/4-inch diameter by 18-inches long
2 floor flange, 3/4-inch inner diameter
2 galvanized elbow joints, 3/4-inch diameter with female ends
Pipe wrench
Stud finder
3-inch anchor screws
Drill
Screwdriver attachment

Instructions

- 1
  Assemble the pull-up bar assembly. Connect 90-degree elbows to the ends of one piece of 18-inch galvanized pipe. Connect the remaining two 18-inch pipes to the open ends of the 90-degree elbows. The result will form a "U" shape. Thread the floor flanges onto the ends of the 18-inch pipes. Tighten all connections with a pipe wrench.
- 2
  Drag a stud finder across the ceiling to find a ceiling joist. Follow the directions for the stud finder for proper use. Mark an "X" within a few feet of the wall. Trace the ceiling joist away from the wall and place a second "X" approximately 18 inches from the first along the same joist.
- 3
  Drive 3-inch anchor screws through the screw holes in the floor flange into the ceiling joist at the first mark. Position the floor flange so that a minimum of two or more screw holes line up with the ceiling joist. Proper positioning of the flange will allow you to drive all four screws into the joist.
- 4
  Rotate the pull-up bar assembly so that the second floor flange lines up with the same joist. Drive screws into the joist through the floor flange, as done in Step 3.

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