Install a pull-up bar on the ceiling to exercise.
Install safe ceiling mounts that are non-intrusive and support your pull-up bar to prevent accidents. Install the pull-up bar in the ceiling to make it convenient for you to exercise whenever you desire. The pull-up bar provides an immediate available method to exercise without having to locate equipment or go to a gym. Mount the pull-up bar in a bedroom, hallway or exercise room. If you have carpentry skills you can install the pull-up bar in an afternoon, otherwise, it may require longer to install.
Instructions
Preparing the Ceiling
1. Stand on a stepladder and use an electric stud finder to locate two ceiling joists in the spot you plan to install the pull-up bar. Pass the stud finder over the wall. It beeps when a joist is located. Mark the position of the joist with a pencil.
2. Draw a rectangle on the ceiling that overlaps each of the ceiling joists by 6-inches and that is 2-feet wide.
3. Use a reciprocating saw to remove the rectangle from the ceiling and set it aside for later replacement in the ceiling.
Installing the Pull-up Bar Mounts
4. Cut two 2-by-8-inch ceiling mount boards to a length of 18 inches. Saw off the edges of one end of each board at a 45-degree angle. Measure 4 inches up from the tapered bottom of each board and use an electric drill motor to bore a hole 1 inch in diameter in the middle of the board.
5. Measure along the ceiling joist from the wall to the location you are placing the pull-up bar mounts. Measure and mark the same distance on the other joist so the 2-by-8-by-18-inch boards are placed straight across from each other.
6. Place the flat edge of one of the 2-by-8-by-18-inch boards against the inside of the joist. Make certain it is level with the top of the ceiling joist and make a pencil mark along each side onto the joist.
7. Spread wood glue liberally on the joist between the two pencil marks. Place the against the joist, between the pencil marks with the top edge flush and level with the top of the joist. Hold it in place for two to three minutes so it bonds.
8. Drive one 3-inch long wood screw through the top and bottom of the board into the joist.
9. Drill one ¼-inch diameter hole into each corner of the 2-by-8-by-18-inch board continuing through the ceiling joist.
10. Place a washer onto a ¼-by-6-inch long bolt, push it through the hole, apply another washer and tighten a nut onto the bolt.
11. Install the second 2-by-8-by-18-inch board where you made the mark earlier onto the opposite joist.
12. Spread glue on the joist between the two pencil marks, position the ceiling mount board on the joist and drive a screw into the top and bottom of the board into the joist. Drill ¼-inch diameter holes through each corner of the board and apply the bolts, washers and nuts to secure the ceiling mount to the joist.
13. Thread the 1-inch diameter iron bar through the holes in the tapered ends of the boards so that it overlaps each board evenly. Loop a heavy-duty plastic zip-tie strip over the bar against the tapered board and pull it tight. Snip off the excess with wire-cutters. Repeat the process on the other side of the tapered board to stop the bar from sliding in the holes.
14. Cut the rectangle of ceiling you removed earlier so that it fits around the tapered boards that form the ceiling mount. Apply drywall compound to the edges of the rectangle according to manufacturer's directions. Tape the seams and paint the rectangle to match the existing ceiling.
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