Whether you’re a crossfitter looking to get in more gymnastics skill time or someone looking to outfit your home gym with a new piece of equipment, parallettes are a great option.  You can build the rock solid pvc parallettes outlined below for less than $30 in material costs and with less than an hour of your time.

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Instructions

 

Materials

The cost of this project is quite low.  I happened to have all the necessary tools on hand as well as the PVC primer and cement (from some previous work on a home sprinkler system).  In total, my cost was less than $30.  Below you’ll find a complete parts list with what I paid for each piece.  I picked these parts up from my local hardware store, though you can easily find them at a big box like Home Depot.

 

Part	Quantity	Cost ea.	Total
1 1/2" Schedule 40 PVC Pipe	10 feet	$0.67	$6.70
Tee Junction	4	$1.79	$7.16
End Cap	8	$1.09	$8.72
90 Degree Elbow	4	$1.39	$5.56
			$28.14

 

Cut List

With your 10 ft. segment of PVC, you’ll need to cut the following lengths of pipe.

 

Length	Quantity
24"	2
8"	4
5"	8

 

Questions

I hope the video is self explanatory, but if you have any questions about how to get these parallettes together, let me know.  Good luck!

 

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