How To Build A Wall Mounted Ballet Barre

Install brackets into wood studs wood blocking backing minimum 3 4 thick plywood or hardwood and a minimum of 1 2 larger than the bracket s backplate or concrete anchors are available for purchase for installing into solid concrete or toggle bolts for installing into hollow concrete.

How to build a wall mounted ballet barre.

Assemble the second post in the same way. Place the bar at the dancer s waist or at the height of her hands in first or second position. Mark the spots where you plan to drill the screws then hold each bracket on the wall as it will be placed and mark the exact spots for the screws. And you can limit the size to a single section.

Fix the bar with a screw that goes through the bracket. Insert the wall anchors metal wall anchors are more sturdy and more stable. If you don t have a home gym you can put it in a bedroom office or in a laundry room and have it double as a way to hang wet clothes. Use the drill bit that is equal to the diameter of the wall anchors.

Place the piece for the height of your barre into the same cross piece to finish your first post. Remember once a wall mounted barre is in place it will cause damage to the wall after it s removed. If you are new at diy it helps to attach the brackets to the dowel before moving the structure to the wall. With the pencil mark where the screws will go on the barre.

Place the barre on the brackets. Connect two 12 pieces of pipe with a cross joint in the middle and two elbow pieces on the opposite ends. Wedge the barre between sturdy items so it doesn t roll once you start drilling and drill 7 64th check the packaging to confirm the correct size pilot holes into the marked spaces. You will need to make markings on the dowel ensuring that they are like those on the wall.

A ballet barre can also be mounted along the wall of a sports gym. 4 fasteners for a single row bracket and 6 for a double row. Assemble the pieces of your barre. Use the appropriate wall anchors for dry wall or for wood.

Bend squat kick and dip as long as you can do all that you have space to install a ballet barre in your home. Mark the points and drill into the wall at these points. Wall ballet barres are usually attached to the wall with rectangular supports. You can then make holes in the dowel which you will use to attach the brackets.

These brackets are coated with a layer of black scratch resistant varnish. If you do decide to take it out for whatever reason you will need to patch the wall and repaint to erase all signs of a barre once being there.