A gymnastic wall made by yourself is approximately 10 times cheaper than a purchased one. Although it is not much different from the store bought one. You don’t need to be a great expert in soldering pipes to assemble it from polypropylene pipes. I made this wall bars for my child. It can withstand up to 80 kilograms, which is quite acceptable for school-age children.
It’s not for me to explain to you how useful gymnastics is for children, especially for strengthening the spinal muscles. And the prices for such gymnastic equipment leave much to be desired...
These criteria pushed me to think and make this wall from polypropylene pipes for my son.
My son drew a picture; he had wanted one for a long time.
Let's get started
What you need:
- Pipes are inch, diameter 33 mm.
- Fitting for pipes.
- Soldering iron for polypropylene pipes.
- Paint if desired.
You will have to calculate everything yourself according to your needs. Take into account the height of the ceiling, etc. things.
Once you have calculated everything, we cut the blanks. And we begin to solder the nodes.You can remove the black markings from the pipes with alcohol in advance so that you don’t have to do this later. But you can, of course, erase it in the end - it won’t be any worse.
It took me about an hour to do everything and the wall was ready. I recommend doing soldering in open areas, as it all stinks terribly if you work for a long time. Also, be sure to use work gloves - the soldering iron is very hot and you will definitely get burned if you do not have much experience in welding polypropylene pipes.
Please note that all ends of the pipes are sealed with plugs.
I painted the base blue. To ensure smooth transitions, I used masking tape.
The gymnastic wall bars are attached as follows. We make holes in the tees along the entire length on the sides. On the back side we place pre-cut and painted pieces of the same pipe and screw them to the wall with long bolts. Before doing this, we make holes in the wall with plastic inserts.
Gymnastic rings are also made of pipe. To bend them into a ring, you need to heat the pipe along its entire length, and use a wide-diameter pipe like a template to cool it. Next we solder it with a jumper.
I bought the ropes, there’s no escape.
The child really likes it - he is simply delighted!
Control tests with a mass of 75 kg.
The result met all expectations. It turned out that making something beautiful and necessary is not at all difficult. Thank you all for your attention!
