However a 1 inch pipe is safer though more expensive and more difficult to find.
Wall mounted homemade pull up bar.
Wall mounted pull up bars are permanently fixed to a wall.
Wall mounted pull up bars are generally far sturdier than their door mounted cousins.
For anyone that plans a total lift weight body weight plus any weighted vests or weight belts of 200 pounds or less a 3 4 inch pipe diameter is likely sufficient.
How to build a ceiling or wall mounted pull up bar.
Only do this if you know how to embed beefy drywall anchors.
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.
The primary piece of equipment that you ll need is a galvanized pipe.
As you can imagine you need 1 a strong preferably outer wall to attach the bar to and 2 some very strong anchor bolts for the fixings.
Better yet find your studs and make your rig the right width to correspond with anchoring it to your studs behind the drywall.
The second method we re going to talk about is the wall mounted pull up bar.