Chin-up bar on drywall

[erikhhhhhhhhhh]

Hello!

I'm going to hang up a chin/pull-up bar on a drywall.

I'm not sure, but I think it's single drywall, 6mm.

My uneducated guess is that it won't hold. There are two screws on each side, so a total of four.

Am I right or will it be fine with plugs and screws directly into the drywall?

If I'm right, I instead think I'll put a plank between the studs and then attach the bar to the plank.

The next problem is that there are old 45x45 studs in the walls here, so I'll need pretty short screws. Will it hold? Or is it a lost cause? What screws should I use?

Thanks in advance!

 

[fribygg]

I'm not sure, but I think it's single plasterboard, 6mm.

If the wall is located in Sweden, I think you're wrong about the thickness.

 

[erikhhhhhhhhhh]

If the wall is in Sweden, I think you are wrong about the thickness

It is, so I'm probably wrong! In another room, I did replace a switch and saw that it was a thin single plasterboard anyway, and I guess it's the same throughout the house.

It's from 1965, if that makes any difference.

 

[fribygg]

If I'm right, I'm thinking instead that I should attach a plank between the studs and then attach the rod to the plank.

The next problem is that there are old 45x45 studs in the walls here, so I'll need fairly short screws. Will it hold? Or is it a lost cause? What kind of screw should I use?

A 45 mm thick plank can advantageously be fastened to your single-plastered wall with 80-90 mm long screws into the framework

 

[erikhhhhhhhhhh]

A 45 mm thick plank can advantageously be attached to your single-plastered wall with 80-90 mm long screws into the framework

Nice!

I have 20mm planks at home, that should be enough, right?

But maybe a slightly shorter screw then. It's no problem if the stud is only 45?

 

[fribygg]

I have 20mm planks at home, that should be enough, right?

It will probably be too flimsy with a 20 mm board.

 

[fribygg]

Is it no problem that the stud is only 45?

I don't know if it's a problem, sure it would have been better with a proper timber wall or cast concrete, but a wall of two-by-twos that is sheathed on both sides will hold if you screw a plank over at least three stud bays and attach with a couple of 80-90 mm long screws in each vertical stud

 

[erikhhhhhhhhhh]

Thank you!

 

[z_bumbi]

6 mm gypsum is probably renovation gypsum.

For a chin-up bar, I would want more vertical support than a board, like a piece of plywood, and even more so if the studs are 45x45.

 

[erikhhhhhhhhhh]

Possibly, it just so happens that the brackets can be placed at exactly the same intervals as the studs.

Attaching them correctly to the studs should work fine in that case, right?

 

[ajn82]

It might happen that the brackets can be set with exactly the same spacing as the studs.

In that case, attaching them directly to the studs should be fine, right?

If the studs are 45x45 mm, I wouldn't dare to do it, but I'm not sure.