Recent content by steelman351

It's only a 5hp, compressor. I don't think I'm over thinking it. Im trying to eliminate the vibration from the wall. Even if it's a 1 hp. Motor the reciprocating will vibrate and that's what in trying to prevent.

Im in the process of mounting my 50 gal. Air tank to the wall, next to ceiling to save space. The pump and motor will be remote mounted below it on the wall. To prevent vibration I was going to suspend it with springs then bolt plate to wall. Then I started thinking that small air bags like...

Thank you to all. Helpful as I could not find any usable information in any of the engineering books or website. I was not comfortable averaging percentages. Ill probably make up a destructive test pcs today for a piece of mind. Thank you.

Hello all. Been a while sense my last visit. Glad to see page still going strong. I gutted an old farm house that had hot water heat with 3/4 copper pipe with the full length alumn. Fins to heat the room. Kept 100 ft to use as my air dryer in my shop. Before soldering I tried finding...

Well I'm looking for a nature stone or stone , pebble type floor covering. Do you offer that type? It's usually about 1/2 thick. Not a rollable option it would be troweled on. Any vendors that can be recommended? Not impressed with the material that can be purchased at the retail...

few years ago i painted my pole barn with epoxy and paint chips. loved it. well except the yellowing from the UV exposure. want to do something different with the floor in the garage on the house. thinking the nature stone type flooring. ( i think we called it Terrazle in the Navy) it...

i realize that the heat in slab is much more efficient then forced air but my home unit is heating a 1700 sqft ranch both the main floor and the basement with a 70,000 BTU pellet forced air furnace. i feel it is a good size but at times struggles. the boiler in the barn is variable, meaning...

looking for some conversation on my boiler selection for my in floor heat in my 30 x 40 pole barn. the spec's north eastern Ohio. normal winter temps, around 20 deg. sometimes colder, sometimes warmer. 5" concrete, 4 loops of 1/2 inch pex. every 16". just about 1000 ft total. the...

wow! some nice setups. where do you find the info needed to size the pump? i have a 30x 40 pole barn, well insulated with 4 loops of 1/2 pex, single zone, one temp, nothing fancy, 65,000 to 130,000 btu corn boiler installed, just now buying the parts for the water portion. darn chimney...