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Just finished piping my shop for air. 3/4" header, 1/2" drops. 2 reels inside and one outside on the lean-to. 4 double drops inside. 3/8" I/M connectors. Never got really neat with the soldering but I had ZERO leaks (except for 2 threaded brass connections which I fixed). Lessons learned...

I am about to begin installing copper air piping in my 40x60 shop. 3/4" pipe and 1/2" drops. I have plywood walls and will be attaching the piping near the top of the 8ft wall. I attached some pictures of a mock-up of an air drop and was was wondering if I need to solder all of these pieces...

All, I was wondering the best way to tee into a PVC water line. Going about 250 ft to my barn. I want to tee into my sprinkler line just after my backflow preventer. I have seen the repair couplers with rubber gaskets as well as I have seen it done (Youtube) with a "slip coupler" that has no...

Appreciate any feedback on my first copper pipe job. I am putting a hose reel on my lean-to. Connecting the reel to the pipe with 3/8 barbed fittings. I wanted to but a shut off on the reel because its a leaker. 3/8 hose with 3/8 ends and 3/8 I/M fittings. Last pic is the drain.

Beginning to pipe my 40x50 shop for air. Using copper, 3/4 with 1/2 drops. I decided to use I/M 3/8 x 1/4 npt connectors. The "hole" is even bigger than the Milton V and I had them on hand. The question is what size copper fitting should I use at the end of the drops? I could use 1/2 x 3/8...

Question for the hive: Do I need to insulate the mounts/hangers for my copper air piping from the the red iron & metal building purlins? The air piping will be connected to the compressor via a rubber hose if that helps. Thanks!

So, I'm going to do copper for my 40x50 shop. Most of the drops will be on one 50ft side with one reel on the other 50 ft side. I have a 5hp, 60 gal CH compressor. ~10cfm @90psi For the big pipe, is 3/4 good enough or do i need 1 inch? For drops, I was thinking 1/2 pipe with high flow chuck and...

Been analyzing the interior wall thing to death. I finally decided to go with 3/4 T&G plywood. Chose to Tapcon the base angle rather than drive anchors. I'm doing it by myself so it's going slow.

So I read and read and read about socket organization. I got totally wrapped around the axle on this. At the end of the day, I wanted to be able to put a set of sockets (3/8 or 1/4 in drive) in my rolling cart so that meant some type of rail or magnetic holders. I finally decided on Hansens for...

All, I bought two of these tables off Craigslist. They are 3x8 ft with 3/4 in plywood tops. I also bought some 10 gauge metal sheets to cover the tables. The question I have is there is a slight bow to the metal sheets. Is there any way to take the bow out? I thought of placing the sheets...

Howdy from the great state of Texas, Had a metal building built on slab this summer. Just got it wired this week so doing some cleanup. I noticed some of the bolts that bolt the red iron down to the slab are loose. From the slab curing? Parts "getting to know each other"? I assume I should...

The details: 40x60 barn. I Want 100A panel, 525ft from newly installed meter rack. What size aluminum feeder and how many conductors and will it fit in a 2" conduit? also, if I have a ufer ground at the barn do I need to run a ground from the meter rack? My sparky says 250mcm will work with...

So been reading here a lot. Trying to get up to speed on lighting. I am looking at the 2 ft James Industries 165 W LED High Bay: https://www.getjl.com/magic-high-bay. I want it bright in there so to reach 100 fc takes 12 of the 2ft 24,563 lumen 165w fixtures or 16 of the James 2 ft 16,400...

Building a 40x50 mueller in S Texas. Just poured the slab last week with a smooth finish. Question is: Will anything stand up to my S175 Bobcat? I don't plan to do donuts in there but I would like to park it in there. What type of coating would work? Sealer ? Epoxy? Thanks!

Looking for someone with experience doing metal building slabs and or erecting metal buildings in the San Antonio area. Thanks!

Hi, New to the forum. Tons of good info here. I'm building a 40x50x16 Mueller engineered in S Texas (Boerne area) and I'm trying to figure out what this thing is going to cost me. So far: Building delivered w/Bolts $18,000. Includes 2 12x12 roll up doors, a walk door, and insulation...

Just wanted to say hi from S Texas. Starting a new garage build soon. Gonna be a Mueller 40x50x16.