Compressed air to basement thoughts.

[Mustang67ford]

My garage is connected to the house via about a 15' breezeway. In the ground I have various utilities connecting the 2; power, data, catv. I also have a copper flex line bare on each end. Originally, this was what I assumed to be for future water to the garage. However, no drain to the sewer in the garage so no water. (so much for my sink and urinal; drain pipe installed goes to daylight) What I was able to do though, was push an air hose thru it. My compressor is in the garage, so would you find it handy to have air available in the basement?

If so, I am debating on how to do it. I can either hard pipe over to the copper line about 20' away. Or, I can use a 100' hose and reach the current air lines. As for in the basement, i'm thinking of converting the hose back over to hard pipe to my work bench. I can either set up another filter and pressure regulator or just forget about the hard pipe and put one of those pressure adjusters right on the hose.

Looking for some thoughts. Just don't know if the cost of hard pipe, regulator, filter, air hose, etc is worth air in the basement.

 

[devoncoolman]

Run a 100 ft hose and call it a day. Disconnect the hose when not in use to prevent blow out. If its not a needed thing just a convinence just incase thdn don't spend tons of time, money, & effort on something that will never pay off.

 

[CNGsaves]

It DEPENDS . . . . what are you DOING in the basement ??

You've got setup of canopy bed for the wife that needs continuous air ??

Any cabinets down there delivered in error for Haugy ??? . .

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Looking for some thoughts. Just don't know if the cost of hard pipe, regulator, filter, air hose, etc is worth air in the basement.

IMHO Yes.
My setup is reversed...Compressor in basement, plumbed air thru my basement, couple of drops and up into the attached garage.
Love having air everywhere.

Got a 2nd much larger compressor out in my detached "Real Shop"...

All really depends on what you want to do, I use my basement air all the time for air nailers, etc...

 

[Mustang67ford]

Well there is really no need for the air in the basement, but I hate having the copper line connecting the house and garage empty.

 

[Kev442]

I have air in the basement. I ran rubber hosing in order to frame up the walls.
Since then I have used air for everything from a temporary blasting setup to 3" cutoff to a blowgun.

 

[Kevin54]

It DEPENDS . . . . what are you DOING in the basement ??

You've got setup of canopy bed for the wife that needs continuous air ??

Any cabinets down there delivered in error for Haugy ??? . .

I would run a 100' airhose over running air though soft copper. Run the hose and call it a day. Hoy you plumb it on either side is up to you, BUT....make sure you have a drain for moisture in the basement because any moisture will automatically want to run to a lower area. And you will be going from a warmer higher area to a lower cooler area creating a chance for moisture to build up. Condensation in the line basically. So however you plumb it in the basement, make sure your hard plumbing includes a drain.

And an airline in the basement is a great idea to me. Not only for Haugy's cabinets, but if you do any trim work in the house, you can use an air nailer without having to go to the garage and hook things up. Oh......and put a ball valve for an air shutoff down their also, or put one in the garage to shut off the air to the basement, just for maintenance purposes if the need arises. Nothing worse than running up and down stairs to shut something off.

 

[Mustang67ford]

I'm not plumbing the copper, I can push the air line thru the the copper into the basement. Just debating on what to do on each end. I'm thinking in the garage the disc. Would be the coupler to the 100' hose. In the basement I am debating on converting over to black iron then into the pressure and filter or plug the the air line right into the pressure reg and filter. Either way, I will be into a 100' hose, regulator, filter, maybe some black iron, and reworking black iron in the garage to add the coupler. There is nothing in the basement I need air for that I can't do with cordless tools, but I'm think what a convenience it would be and I might use it more than I think.

 

[BJ42LX]

Love having air everywhere.

This.

I probably use the air in the basement more than the garage - I've got a blast cabinet down there.

A couple weeks ago I installed another drop in the basement over by the laundry sinks so I don't have to walk across the basement when I'm washing and drying stuff.

Wife uses the blow gun every once in a while - I've considered putting a quick disconnect with a nylon coil hose in the island in the kitchen. But not yet.

I have 3/4" hard copper lines.

 

[cg81]

My grandpa has an air line in his basement. He did a very simple setup. The back wall of his garage there is a male air fitting at the bottom of the wall. There is steel pipe through the wall into the ceiling of the basement and then it drops down a post to a regulator and female fitting. When he wants air down there, not very often, he starts the compressor and plugs the air hose into it.

 

[gungatim]

I contemplated running air from my detached shop to the basement (I have a woodshop and occasionally use air nailers down there). I found it was much cheaper to buy a 2nd compressor (small 8 gal. HF unit) than it was to bother with running lines, figuring out how to turn it on when down there, dealing with any leaks when it's on and i'm out in the shop and kids are in the basement watching tv, etc...

 

[stg454]

I ran 3/4" copper around my garage and also tee'd off for a drop in the basement to my workbench. I have a drip leg with a 1/4" ball valve below each of my outlets.

 

[Squankum]

I have a drip leg with a 1/4" ball valve below each of my outlets.

What are you telling us for? Sounds like a problem for a urologist!

 

[ttpete]

This: http://www.rapidairproducts.com/rapidair.asp

It's essentially nylon truck air brake line. You could just shove it through your existing copper line. I have my basement plumbed with this and it runs through holes in the joists just like romex.