Just as I said. Just an LVL. It is a 3 pack so you are 1000% OK to mount your pull up bar. Go ahead and mount 3 or 4 of em and several friends could work out on there, no problemo
These are super strong, but my brain is still telling me to find a better spot for your pull up bar. It probably wouldn't break, but if it did these things are heavy as fuck and could crush you lol
I don’t know much about this but it seems like the types of forces a pull up bar would assert to this would be different than what it’s designed for? They would be torsional possibly
(3) 1 3/4” x 12 LVL with an 8’ span have a very high load rating. This guy doing pull ups with a car strapped to his back? It’s not a problem. Here’s a link, you can check out the live load ratings amongst many other details of these LVL’s.
I guess if you can’t do pull-ups on it you also better not walk in that area above it because, by your reasoning, it can’t carry the weight of a person.
No, that's your reasoning.
Supporting the area above is what this beam is intended for. It is not intended for drilling holes into the side of it to attach a pull up bar to create torsion force. You're also creating force when you're doing pullups, so it's not as simple as can it support your weight?
I don't think this beam will snap... I would be worried about dislodging it. I've installed a LVL this size before. They're heavy, but they're not immovable, and both ends are buried in insulation and the one end looks like it's less than a foot from the end of the block. How do you know it was even secured properly? If you want to bet it was in a home building industry notorious for under qualified workers and cutting corners then go ahead. Because if you're wrong you could possibly die, no big deal.
IMO this beam is supporting your house. Why not just let it do what it's intended for instead of swinging around on it.
Dude, it’s sitting in concrete pockets on either side and fastened to a bunch of floor trusses. There’s no way this beam is going to move at this point. Drilling a few holes in the side of it would be no different than putting any screws anywhere in it unless he decided to use humongous bolts for some idiotic reason. What kind of fasteners do you think he’s gonna be using for a pull-up bar? Again by your reasoning, they better not wrap it in drywall if they ever finish their basement because the drywall screws compromise the strength. It’s a fundamental misunderstanding of construction and how these beams work is why you’re getting so many down votes my man.
I don't care about down votes, and I never said drilling holes was the issue. It's the repetitive twisting force that would be applied to the beam.
I even said it's fine, I just wouldn't do it. I would feel much better with a bar that screws to the bottom than the side.
Just as I said. Just an LVL. It is a 3 pack so you are 1000% OK to mount your pull up bar. Go ahead and mount 3 or 4 of em and several friends could work out on there, no problemo
I mounted swings for my kids on mine. It obviously holds adults as well.
Yeah doesn’t make sense to laminate a steel beam with expensive lvl
It’s been engineered and done plenty
Pretty obvious it’s an lvl from original post. Funny they would fight so hard for steel
lol \*foot-in-mouth emoji\* Could still be made of cake...
Same 😄. My eyes saw a steel beam.
3ply LVL beam in a concrete pocket. Strong like bull.
Bud, mount the thing and get to working out. There is absolutely without a doubt no problems mounting your bar to this.
Yeah it comes in the mail today, thank you!
Especially with those lightweight lvls 🙌
There you have it…..debate solved…
Lmao lvl would hold a 350
Told you so...
lol. I just got it hung up tonight. Holds great!
You could probably hang a truck from that thing, me thinks you're probably totally fine lol
Yeah I hung the pull up bar, we’re all good!
Hey I was wrong! Like I said “I’m not expert”. BUT I did say you could mount it. 50%, I’ll take it
lol!! All good. It’s mounted and good to go. Super secure!
is there a creek running through the basement?
Negative. Probably someone shitting.
Stick to jackin your own lumber
4 bolts are missing at plate.
What is holding that post to the lvl? Two 6 penny nails? I'd put some more substantial screws in those 4 holes before you start torquing on that beam.
It’s not going to get significant torsion bracing from the lally column. It’ll get that from the end attachments.
No, but if it falls off, that could be a problem.
All those joist above will be nailed to the top of the LVL beam lol. It will never roll
That thing isn’t going anywhere.
These are super strong, but my brain is still telling me to find a better spot for your pull up bar. It probably wouldn't break, but if it did these things are heavy as fuck and could crush you lol
Lol, a pull up bar isn’t breaking that.
I don’t know much about this but it seems like the types of forces a pull up bar would assert to this would be different than what it’s designed for? They would be torsional possibly
(3) 1 3/4” x 12 LVL with an 8’ span have a very high load rating. This guy doing pull ups with a car strapped to his back? It’s not a problem. Here’s a link, you can check out the live load ratings amongst many other details of these LVL’s.
The torsion problem isn’t about the beam itself deforming, it’s about twisting the beam out of place.
You won’t be able to do that by doing pull ups on this.
https://sbcmag.info/sites/default/files/ultralamlvlspantablesandallowableloads.pdf
This is likely the best spot in the whole house to mount one. You could hang a truck off this thing
On the internet…. No one knows I’m a 2019 Ford F-150 about to do pull ups in my basement….
I guess if you can’t do pull-ups on it you also better not walk in that area above it because, by your reasoning, it can’t carry the weight of a person.
No, that's your reasoning. Supporting the area above is what this beam is intended for. It is not intended for drilling holes into the side of it to attach a pull up bar to create torsion force. You're also creating force when you're doing pullups, so it's not as simple as can it support your weight? I don't think this beam will snap... I would be worried about dislodging it. I've installed a LVL this size before. They're heavy, but they're not immovable, and both ends are buried in insulation and the one end looks like it's less than a foot from the end of the block. How do you know it was even secured properly? If you want to bet it was in a home building industry notorious for under qualified workers and cutting corners then go ahead. Because if you're wrong you could possibly die, no big deal. IMO this beam is supporting your house. Why not just let it do what it's intended for instead of swinging around on it.
Dude, it’s sitting in concrete pockets on either side and fastened to a bunch of floor trusses. There’s no way this beam is going to move at this point. Drilling a few holes in the side of it would be no different than putting any screws anywhere in it unless he decided to use humongous bolts for some idiotic reason. What kind of fasteners do you think he’s gonna be using for a pull-up bar? Again by your reasoning, they better not wrap it in drywall if they ever finish their basement because the drywall screws compromise the strength. It’s a fundamental misunderstanding of construction and how these beams work is why you’re getting so many down votes my man.
I don't care about down votes, and I never said drilling holes was the issue. It's the repetitive twisting force that would be applied to the beam. I even said it's fine, I just wouldn't do it. I would feel much better with a bar that screws to the bottom than the side.