Does anyone have this bar mounted on a regular ceiling inside the home, and not a garage? Is there any reason I should not do that?
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I have mine mounted to a finished ceiling. When installing you will just need a stud finder to make sure you line up the bracket with a ceiling joist.
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You could but in my opinion, it would look funny. As another reviewer said, just keep them separate or even better, just buy an L shaped bar. There are a ton on Craigslist and Ebay.
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I wanted to accomplish the very same thing when installing the bar. However, the way that doors are framed, the bar would be off-center. The pull up bar would be more or less perpendicular with the door jamb. I thought it would be awkward, so I went ahead and installed it on my garage wall. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was far enough away from the wall for my liking. You could also turn facing away from the mounting hardware to accommodate leg swing. Otherwise, the construction of this product is very solid and I am very happy with my purchase.
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If you're installing it into a dry wall ceiling (not beams) then I suggest you get better anchors. The ones that come with it aren't very good in my opinion.
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I have mine hanging in the basement, so definitely fine for inside. We have it connected to a ceiling beam in the basement. I suggest a good 4ft radius around it. If I had the room in a bedroom, it think I would have no problems with having it there. It would probably get a lot more use!
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It is located in my garage which has a standard height ceiling. No problem at all getting tools out!
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You got lot of answers here, some of them pretty good. All I can add to the discussion is: If you have high ceiling that pushes the installation to the outer edge of (alleged) capacity.... forget it... it will not be stable even with screws. Old houses with high ceilings may have mortar instead of wooden beams and sheet-rock... in that case answer is the same - forget it. Otherwise I agree, a tension supplied by adjusting the pole and some care in how you push on it when you use it (MOSTLY DOWN) makes it practical, ingenious workable solution.
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Brendon.....it all depends how your garage ceiling is exposed. It does come with two "u" brackets which secure tight to the red metal housing on top. I have open rafters in my garage so I used a 3" square rod between my rafters thru both "u" brackets and hung it. Works great. U cld also remove the motor and use the pre drilled holes with in the red housing and drill it directly to a mount somewhere in your garag. You might wanna give a look at Harkin Hoist. Works great for my 95 hard top saves space and I use my electric hoist for other things. Hoist is awesome tho, works great with solid parts. Brendon.....it all depends how your garage ceiling is exposed. It does come with two "u" brackets which secure tight to the red metal housing on top. I have open rafters in my garage so I used a 3" square rod between my rafters thru both "u" brackets and hung it. Works great. U cld also remove the motor and use the pre drilled holes with in the red housing and drill it directly to a mount somewhere in your garag. You might wanna give a look at Harkin Hoist. Works great for my 95 hard top saves space and I use my electric hoist for other things. Hoist is awesome tho,... » Read More Brendon.....it all depends how your garage ceiling is exposed. It does come with two "u" brackets which secure tight to the red metal housing on top. I have open rafters in my garage so I used a 3" square rod between my rafters thru both "u" brackets and hung it. Works great. U cld also remove the motor and use the pre drilled holes with in the red housing and drill it directly to a mount somewhere in your garag. You might wanna give a look at Harkin Hoist. Works great for my 95 hard top saves space and I use my electric hoist for other things. Hoist is awesome tho, works great with solid parts. « Show Less
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The ceiling mount that they are shipped with has them very close together (if not staggered they would touch each other. If you are handy I am sure you could rewire and mount on a 6 ft bar since they are provided with a healthy amount of cord for situations where they are meant to hang a long distance from the ceiling. Hope this helps!
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Holes will need to be drilled right into ceiling studs and the base of the brackets bolted parallel to the studs (this works better if you have exposed studs). Then the studs come with a bolt that holds down the bar, so it is mounted last.
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This is what I can say....I am 190lbs, I have 12ft ceilings in my garage and this thing has been solid.....and I am not gentle....but on a vertical wall you have to realize may not be as strong as ceiling joints as far as load bearing. My suggestion is get it, mount it and see if your walls hold up....my concern would be with drywall cracks....other than that I think it would be okay....Are you 300lbs? I do kipping pullups on mine and it handles it just fine, no issues. SO take about 190 and double it for force/weight load. I think the drywall if you have it would be the only thing that might suffer....beat answer I can give you. This is what I can say....I am 190lbs, I have 12ft ceilings in my garage and this thing has been solid.....and I am not gentle....but on a vertical wall you have to realize may not be as strong as ceiling joints as far as load bearing. My suggestion is get it, mount it and see if your walls hold up....my concern would be with drywall cracks....other than that I think it would be okay....Are you 300lbs? I do kipping pullups on mine and it handles it just fine, no issues. SO take about 190 and double it for force/weight load. I think the drywall if you have it would be the only thing that... » Read More This is what I can say....I am 190lbs, I have 12ft ceilings in my garage and this thing has been solid.....and I am not gentle....but on a vertical wall you have to realize may not be as strong as ceiling joints as far as load bearing. My suggestion is get it, mount it and see if your walls hold up....my concern would be with drywall cracks....other than that I think it would be okay....Are you 300lbs? I do kipping pullups on mine and it handles it just fine, no issues. SO take about 190 and double it for force/weight load. I think the drywall if you have it would be the only thing that might suffer....beat answer I can give you. « Show Less
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Bike is Suspended by Nylon Rope to the ceiling. I believe if anyone really wanted Your Bike bad enough, this Hanging /Storage System would NOT prevent them from doing that? You could However remove a wheel and keep it inside or pad Lock Wheel before raising it up! Cheers! Curt &gt;~iii~&lt;( sure freed up a lot of room in My Garage!
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Indoors should work fine as long as you can find a stud to screw it into. For my install I first attached the brackets to a 6 foot long 2x4 first, at the spaceing that I wanted. Then attached the entire thing to the ceiling. This way my spacing of the hanger brackets were not dependent on the orientation of the ceiling joists.
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I'm afraid I can't help you with that since we keep ours inside. We did consider putting it in the garage. We decided against it because we wanted to keep the garage for the cars instead of making it a gym.
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I used my wall mounts on the ceiling. They're just fine. You can't mount them "in-ceiling" if that's the question.
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In a gym or a barn maybe. You would need high ceilings and no furniture in a house. Please check the dimensions. I could never use it inside my house. We use it in the yard all the time, and I could put it up in our garage which has a very high ceiling, but I would need to empty it put first.
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Hi Laura, We put it in a Drop Ceiling and had to make a cover for the top of it, all the wiring comes out the top. It would not look finished if you did not mount inside the dry wall. I recommend getting it professional installed.Teri H