So I want to hang up a pull-up bar in the basement wall that is concrete. My
dad says that we can't drill holes into the wall because water would leak
through. Is he right or wrong? We have had water leak through into the
basement when it rains a lot. I just don't see how the water would get through
to the holes.

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On Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 6:44:06 PM UTC-4, Johnnyboi wrote:
So I want to hang up a pull-up bar in the basement wall that is concrete. My
dad says that we can't drill holes into the wall because water would leak
through. Is he right or wrong? We have had water leak through into the
basement when it rains a lot. I just don't see how the water would get through
to the holes.

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Is it really concrete or concrete block? Either way, you can drill it,
the holes don't have to be that deep to hold a bar. If it's really concrete
the holes won't go through. If it's concrete block they might not have
to be deep enough to go through either. But either way, just put some
silicone sealer or similar into the holes and around whatever anchors you use.

On 5/25/2019 6:44 PM, Johnnyboi wrote:
So I want to hang up a pull-up bar in the basement wall that is
concrete. My
dad says that we can't drill holes into the wall because water would leak
through. Is he right or wrong? We have had water leak through into the
basement when it rains a lot. I just don't see how the water would get
through
to the holes.

Maybe. Depends on the thickness of the concrete, porosity, fissures,
depth of the hole, the water table and drainage. You already had leak
let you have doubts? Do it when you get your own house.

On 5/25/19 6:44 PM, Johnnyboi wrote:
So I want to hang up a pull-up bar in the basement wall that is
concrete. My
dad says that we can't drill holes into the wall because water would leak
through. Is he right or wrong? We have had water leak through into the
basement when it rains a lot. I just don't see how the water would get
through
to the holes.


Can you not hang a bar from the floor joists above instead ?

"Johnnyboi" m wrote in
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So I want to hang up a pull-up bar in the basement wall that is concrete.
My
dad says that we can't drill holes into the wall because water would leak
through. Is he right or wrong? We have had water leak through into the
basement when it rains a lot. I just don't see how the water would get
through
to the holes.

Depends on the detail of the hole. If you go right thru the wall and the
waterproof membrane on the outside of the wall, water can get thru
and it isnt hard to drill right thru some walls, depending on how thick
the concrete is

And the detail of what is used in the hole to hold the screw etc
matters too. A small hole with one of those plastic plugs that
the screw goes into may be fine, because the hole doesnt
need to go right thru the concrete, but a bigger hold with
one of the metal things that get cinched up to hold the bolt
into the wall can end up with space the water can get thru.
I'd normally use one of those for a pull-up bar.

On 5/25/19 5:44 PM, Johnnyboi wrote:
So I want to hang up a pull-up bar in the basement wall that is
concrete. My
dad says that we can't drill holes into the wall because water would leak
through. Is he right or wrong? We have had water leak through into the
basement when it rains a lot. I just don't see how the water would get
through
to the holes.

Have you looked at portable pull up bars? Results of a quick search:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=portable+pull-up+bar&hvadid=78546416238626&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqm t=e&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_2oki7zxgcu_e

On Sun, 26 May 2019 12:16:46 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

So I want to hang up a pull-up bar in the basement wall that is concrete.
My
dad says that we can't drill holes into the wall because water would leak
through. Is he right or wrong? We have had water leak through into the
basement when it rains a lot. I just don't see how the water would get
through
to the holes.

Depends on the detail of the hole.

No ****, Mr Know-it-all!

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