[TheForge] Shop Air using Copper

[sos at frii.com]

I hear that people are using PEX type flexible plumbing for routing air.
Soft plastic hose is obviously a bad choice for exposed connections; I'm
thinking of using it to plumb the shop I'm building. Any thoughts on using
PEX with a hard cover (like concrete)?

Steve

> I did think about using PVC, but it becomes brittle with time and usage,
> so I just strung pneumatic hoses thru the ceiling way and have those
> retractable hose reels in the ceiling.
>
> I too have a manual shut off valve inline at the main compressor, plus a
> hand full of check valves at each point that have a cut in the line for a
> T to feed the hose reels.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Cindy and James <jallcorn at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Cindy and James <jallcorn at suddenlink.net>
>> Subject: [TheForge] Shop Air  using Copper
>> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 10:59 AM
>> My only comment is that you can drive a nail thru a copper
>> line and you
>> can't usually hurt a steel pipe.  But copper is a lot
>> easier to use than
>> steel.
>> I plumbed my shop air system w/ 3/4" sch 40 pvc, about
>> 250' of it so
>> far.  It has far more limitations than copper but is even
>> cheaper and
>> easier.
>> I just turn the valve at my compressor each night,
>> isolating the
>> compressor in case the line breaks or I have a leak.
>> James
>> >    6. Shop Air  using Copper
>> (bistline at md.metrocast.net)
>> >
>> >
>> > Subject:
>> > [TheForge] Shop Air using Copper
>> > From:
>> > bistline at md.metrocast.net
>> > Date:
>> > Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:21:31 -0500 (EST)
>> > To:
>> > theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> >
>> > To:
>> > theforge at mailman.qth.net
>> >
>> >
>> > Trying to get hard air lines set up in my shop. Went
>> to lowes to buy
>> > "iron" pipe and noticed its made in Korea
>> brand name Tuna. At many levels
>> > that just bothers me. I turn around to see copper made
>> in the USA. Believe
>> > it or not the type L 3/4 copper is $1.25 a 10ft stick
>> cheaper than the
>> > "iron". I notice type m copper that is $5
>> cheaper yet. The type L has a
>> > slightly thicker wall thickness. I know that the
>> standard for air lines is
>> > "iron pipe" however a little web searching
>> has revealed copper is commonly
>> > used.  *_Any inputs on copper for air lines_?*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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