[TheForge] Shop Air using Copper

[sos at frii.com]

That is a conversation I haven't had with my contractor yet...

Steve

> Steve,
>
> PEX works great, just check your local building code, they will probably
> have the specs for it listed. If you put it concrete, it will be
> protected. Just remember where you put it the concrete and if there is a
> problem, how are you going to fix it.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> --- On Tue, 1/13/09, sos at frii.com <sos at frii.com> wrote:
>
>> From: sos at frii.com <sos at frii.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Shop Air  using Copper
>> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 3:01 PM
>> 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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