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I have the following chin up bar that is too close to the wall when using my new set of rings.
What is the best way to increase the distance from the wall? Can I simply add two vertical 2×4 (at each end) in between the chin up bar and existing horizontal 2×4?
With only 15lbs, two screws (one on each side) ought to do just fine. Just drill into the mortar with a hammer drill and an appropriately sized bit, then use either a sleeve type anchor with the screws, or you could just use a couple tapcon type screws as well.
I hang my posters gallery-style. Get a piece of glass (or plexi) cut to the exact size of the poster. Buy some nice hanging nails and use them to rest the glass on - one at each corner. The nails pictured below have a really nice edge, hold the glass well, and leave very little damage to the wall.
You can pick these up at a hardware store or a framing store.
I've hung entire shows this method and it's very nice. I also used to work at a gallery and this method was the preferred method for hanging flat artwork. No framing of any kind was needed.
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For just 1.5 inch more space off the wall, sure, another layer of 2x4 could work fine. It's not necessary to pull the existing horizontal boards off the wall; you could just build up another layer in front of those. Thinking about how the forces might be in play I guess orienting the second layer vertically could be a bit better.
If you wanted to hang the arrangement from the ceiling.. what if you rotate the brackets so that they attach to the bottom side of the I-joists? If that puts the bar a little too low you could install some 2x blocking between the webs of the floor joists and fix the brackets to that instead.
On the other hand, if brackets mounted to the I-joist flange puts the bar too high above the floor then you'd have to find a way to bring it down lower. Lots of strategies to do that.. some kind of lumber hanging down from the joists. Might be a patch of plywood fixed to the side of two floor joists, and a piece of 2x4 at the lower edge of the plywood to give a secure surface for mounting the pull-up bar brackets.