Running compressed air lines....
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:40 pm
As some of you are aware, I am building a little garage here this fall for my "stuff". 40' x 28' (car area is 28' x 28', woodshop is 12' x 28'). 12' feet tall inside. Radiant floor heat. I am using those structural insulated panels, but the wall between the car area and the woodshop (made of 2" x 6"s) is structural because I want it to be pretty solid and is also where all of the wiring, PEX tubing plumbing, and air will be run. I will be having a serious meat air compressor with compressed air to the shop (blast cabinent + some bodyshop tools) and to the woodshop (nailers) + an outlet to the exterior wall for some tire filling and perhaps some outdoor sandblasting. The compressor puts out 175 PSI max with an 80 gallon tank.
I was going to run threaded 3/4" steel pipe for the air (only about 28 feet), but I got the new Summit catalogue and it shows this little set up... 1/2" hose with a working pressure of 100 psi. I would think for what I do, a 1/2" supply would be fine.
I would like to have about 6 air outlets in the shop, a couple in the woodshop, + one outside. I will likely have 2 air hoses on reels hanging off the ceiling in the shop part.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-9010KIT/
or the RapidAir set up (basically the same)
http://www.rapidairproducts.com/rapidair.asp
Do any of you guys have any thoughts on this set up? I have some time to decide as they will be just pouring the concrete in a couple of weeks.
I was going to run threaded 3/4" steel pipe for the air (only about 28 feet), but I got the new Summit catalogue and it shows this little set up... 1/2" hose with a working pressure of 100 psi. I would think for what I do, a 1/2" supply would be fine.
I would like to have about 6 air outlets in the shop, a couple in the woodshop, + one outside. I will likely have 2 air hoses on reels hanging off the ceiling in the shop part.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-9010KIT/
or the RapidAir set up (basically the same)
http://www.rapidairproducts.com/rapidair.asp
Do any of you guys have any thoughts on this set up? I have some time to decide as they will be just pouring the concrete in a couple of weeks.