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Thanks Fox. I will go for 25mm ply and span three studs

Sounds like a good plan. The board will need to be fairly close to the ceiling to get the angle brackets to fix to the trusses. The pullup bar will need a good 20cm clearance from the ceiling - will having it fixed to the lower end of the board be an issue?

That was my thinking too but from what little I can see by crawling into the loft space there's nothing obvious attaching it to the trusses. I might well be wrong! There is a small gap from the studs to the brick (about 5cm). Do you suggest screwing through the studs into the brick? Will the...

This is the finished wall (with crappy pullup station which I am keen on removing!)

this is the wall in question. No obvious fixings for the top frame that I can see

Thanks that's something I haven't come across before. Any pointers as to how this impacts the load distribution?

My main issue is that from what I can see, this particular stud wall's top plate doesn't seem to be secured to anything. I suspect it has been cut to size and forced into the gap. The bottom is of course secured to the ground but I'm worried about the pullup bar effectively pulling the top out...

I have a garage wall which used to be brick that has been converted. It now has a stud wall (4 by 2 treated timber) with 10cm insulation in between. This has a plasterboard and normal plastering for finish. Is there a way I can fix something through to the underlying brick when there is...