To all,
Just an idea and some feedback would be helpful. I have a garage (2 car and very spacious), which butts up against a wall that leads to a concrete floor huge crawlspace. I'm going to put in some garage cabinets and was thinking about putting in compressed air and a vacuum system. Now, the question is; if I use 4x4 pressure treated lumber as the base (with a 1" shim on top) and leave space at the back, I could run a 4" vacuum pipe and a 1" copper pipe in the back and then "T" off to outlets in the front of the cabinets and also run it down (think right angle turn), another wall where some equipment would be stored against the wall when not in use (saw, planer, Etc.). Now, in the crawlspace I can install the vacuum and the compressor and keep them out of the garage and use sound boxes to dampen their noise and the crawlspace has an exterior wall I can vent out of for exhaust and water drainage. Total runs would be in the 30' range and I'm thinking of PVC (I know), pipe with metallic paint sprayed inside for grounding and copper for the air. Note: For the right angle turn I'd use a gradual turn not a single 90 degrees to lessen the impact on air flow.
Now, the dumb questions are:
1) I've always seen vacuums in the top of a shop with down lines to the outlets. Would a floor level set of gates harm/hurt in anyway?
2) For the compressed air, I can cool it in the crawl space and have drain lines run to use an auto drain valve when the system is turned off. I can also slope the pipes (think 1/4 inch per foot) to a line purge valve and mount the water/oil filters at the outlet wall from the crawlspace (along with a switch) so I can easily drain and purge the lines. However, I've always seen air lines "T" upwards to their outlet (which can be done), but if there any downside to running the main line that close to the floor?
3) This would leave me with a 4.5 inch toe kick, would that be out of line, throw off the look, become cumbersome, Etc?
Just some musings as I plan this out and looking for some thoughts and advice
Bob
Just an idea and some feedback would be helpful. I have a garage (2 car and very spacious), which butts up against a wall that leads to a concrete floor huge crawlspace. I'm going to put in some garage cabinets and was thinking about putting in compressed air and a vacuum system. Now, the question is; if I use 4x4 pressure treated lumber as the base (with a 1" shim on top) and leave space at the back, I could run a 4" vacuum pipe and a 1" copper pipe in the back and then "T" off to outlets in the front of the cabinets and also run it down (think right angle turn), another wall where some equipment would be stored against the wall when not in use (saw, planer, Etc.). Now, in the crawlspace I can install the vacuum and the compressor and keep them out of the garage and use sound boxes to dampen their noise and the crawlspace has an exterior wall I can vent out of for exhaust and water drainage. Total runs would be in the 30' range and I'm thinking of PVC (I know), pipe with metallic paint sprayed inside for grounding and copper for the air. Note: For the right angle turn I'd use a gradual turn not a single 90 degrees to lessen the impact on air flow.
Now, the dumb questions are:
1) I've always seen vacuums in the top of a shop with down lines to the outlets. Would a floor level set of gates harm/hurt in anyway?
2) For the compressed air, I can cool it in the crawl space and have drain lines run to use an auto drain valve when the system is turned off. I can also slope the pipes (think 1/4 inch per foot) to a line purge valve and mount the water/oil filters at the outlet wall from the crawlspace (along with a switch) so I can easily drain and purge the lines. However, I've always seen air lines "T" upwards to their outlet (which can be done), but if there any downside to running the main line that close to the floor?
3) This would leave me with a 4.5 inch toe kick, would that be out of line, throw off the look, become cumbersome, Etc?
Just some musings as I plan this out and looking for some thoughts and advice
Bob