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RE: air line from basement to garage - Bob10 - 03-09-2018
I know this wasn't my post but thanks for all the good info. I want to stick my compressor outside of the shop under an exterior staircase and pull lines into the shop, driveway and front of the house. I was thinking black pipe and a lot of threading or paying for copper. Mostly less work and expense going with most of what has been suggested here
RE: air line from basement to garage - rwe2156 - 03-10-2018
+1 on Rapidair.
I would use 1/2" iron pipe but there's the whole threading issue guess you could rent a threader.
RE: air line from basement to garage - JosephP - 03-10-2018
(03-10-2018, 10:46 AM)rwe2156 Wrote: +1 on Rapidair.
I would use 1/2" iron pipe but there's the whole threading issue guess you could rent a threader.
Home Depot used to thread pipe for you. Do they still do that? Local store closed years ago, so I haven't kept up.
Also, for just going from the basement to the garage, a few inches one way or the other probably isn't a big deal, so he could just deal with the pre-cut lengths and maybe be 22" high instead of 18", for example.
RE: air line from basement to garage - JosephP - 03-10-2018
(03-06-2018, 11:43 AM)6270_Productions Wrote: I read the thread title and thought -
Why not just take the train?
I laugh at this every time I see the title of this thread bumped back up.
RE: air line from basement to garage - EricU - 03-11-2018
I don't fly unless I have to, so airlines are right out.
The advantage of a flexible line is really hard to ignore. We had a disaster in our lab at work that ended up with me removing 100' of black iron pipe because it was full of salt. And it wasn't much fun. I would need at least one short s bend, so I would need to find someone to thread a short piece of pipe. Think I'd rather solder copper, or more likely now, just bend some nylon tubing.
RE: air line from basement to garage - Lynden - 03-11-2018
(03-10-2018, 10:46 AM)rwe2156 Wrote: I would use 1/2" iron pipe but there's the whole threading issue guess you could rent a threader.
+1 on 1/2" iron pipe. Manually threading iron pipe is easy and kind of fun. Dad and I threaded all of the gas pipe for my house and garage (laundry room) using an old pipe vise and one of these threaders.
https://goo.gl/images/HLswRi
RE: air line from basement to garage - Bob10 - 03-12-2018
I was a bit more motivated this afternoon to get a better solution to for air distribution so I came across info saying black pipe is great but the rust might eventually become a problem. So copper got the high marks, and I had originally thought 3/4" because I like to go bigger so one and done then I came across this
http://forums.finehomebuilding.com/breaktime/general-discussion/copper-pipe-shop-air-12-or-34
and 1/2" seems to be good enough. That and 1/2" isn't too crazy in price. The plan is phases but then again I might just take a part of a day and do it all. I am not sure this is the case for many but for me I want to keep it off the walls for the most part so I am bringing it down the center of the ceiling and pulling off that to drops. I think if I attached to walls it would get stuff pushed up against it possibly damaged