Air compressor location

[pigag2]

Hi, I will be finishing the inside of my 26X40 with 12 foot celling workshop and haven't decided yet where my T30 air compressor will go. I want to save space and cut down noise. I am considering mounting it on top of a small room I will build over my sink and urinal. The room will be about 4X12 by 7 foot hight and will be open in the front to allow access to the sink and urinal. The ceiling/floor will be built to hold the weight of the compressor.

Any thoughts on my proposal?

Thanks

 

[930dreamer]

Just factor in having to service the compressor from that height, make sure it's lagged down.

 

[ascott172]

I tried putting by 60 gallon compressor in the attic above a 2 car attached garage. It shook the **** out of the house. I ended up removing it and putting it in the corner of the garage. I just didn't want to have drywall nails popping or drywall cracks. Sounds like yours is not attached to a living space so if it doesn't work you can relocate it

 

[vicegripbloodblister]

I know several people who put the compressor in a close by storage shed and trench in the power and air supply. Power supply switch and on light by garage walk in door. It's a pleasure to be in their shops........nothing more annoying than a loud compressor.

 

[cattoon]

My recommendation is outside the shop with a flexible connection to the air line. Mine is on a concrete pad under a shed behind the shop. You have to pay attention to hear it, if the radio is on you very nearly cannot hear it.

 

[Nexussian]

I tried putting by 60 gallon compressor in the attic above a 2 car attached garage. It shook the **** out of the house. I ended up removing it and putting it in the corner of the garage. I just didn't want to have drywall nails popping or drywall cracks. Sounds like yours is not attached to a living space so if it doesn't work you can relocate it

How was the compressor anchored, any vibration isolators?

I ask as I have been considering relocating my compressor to the "attic" space of my detached garage and I would prefer not to have the whole building shake or hear the compressor sound reverberate through the building while I'm in it.

 

[ascott172]

I built a pallet with vibration pads and that didn't work so I put the whole pallet on top of an anti fatigue mat and it wasn't much better.



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[JKady]

Outside is the best place for an air-compressor so you don't have to listen to the damn thing, and don't have the heat in the summer time.

 

[Cyberbear]

I put my 80 gallon in the corner of my large shop between two exterior doors that help provide plenty of cooling ventilation. A noisy compressor can be a nuisance, but a hot running unit can be even more trouble. A larger compressor won't need to refill as often and I can live with the intermittent noise. Too much noise is why mufflers were invented.

 

[justanengineer]

Living in northern states I've always kept mine inside to avoid having it ingesting excess humidity. That T30 shouldn't make too much noise, stick it in a poorly sealed closet and you'll barely hear it. My Quincy is inside a sliding door closet and I can carry on a normal conversation without issue.

 

[sberry]

Humidity from outside wouldn't bother me but I like it above freezing.

 

[PhantomEB]

How much stuff you got that fills up a 26x40?

I would put it in an nonused corner then build cabinets over it, enclose it too if you want.

Sink at buddy's Machine shop place is more his parts washer. Urinal? Fk this is Alberta, I will piss outside in January!

 

[lakeroadster]

I once mounted a smaller compressor to the frame of a garage. The resulting vibration into the building was as obnoxious as the compressor running.

Anchoring the compressor to a concrete floor is your best option. You can build a lightweight styrofoam wood framed enclosure to go over it if noise is an issue.

I have a divider wall in my shop to separate the work area from the storage area. I anchored my compressor to the floor in the storage area of my shop.

You can hear it running, but it's not obnoxious.

_____
John

 

[tac]

How much stuff you got that fills up a 26x40.

Come on, we all know if the space is available it will be filled
My 30 x 64 is full. Trying to figure out how to get more in it and still be able to work.

 

[sberry]

Mine are not bolted. They screwed on a treated lumber ad a simple nail type dowel stuck in to the floor to keep it from walking. I have a big insulation sheet about 3/4 in front and it knocks the top off of it, keeps sound from blasting direct in to the building. At one point I had a remesh frame and blanket of insulation draped over it, that really worked well. The one under the blanket is the main.
I like to hear it a little, 20 yrs ago hears a rod knock and recently a motor bearing sounded funny. Caught both problems ahead of failures.

 

[rlitman]

Just factor in having to service the compressor from that height

That may actually be a bonus. I've got my compressor in the loft above my 20x20 garage, and the drain is plumbed through the floor. So much easier to get to.

The vibration is obnoxious, but I have no sheetrock, so no nail pop worries for me.

I also have a pan-tilt super cheap IP camera mounted to the underside of the pull-down attic staircase to the loft for security purposes. It sends me an email with a picture if motion is detected. Last week it was emailing me every few minutes. Half the pictures looked good. Half had a vertical motion blur. At first, I thought an animal was trapped in the loft and the camera picked up it's motion as it stepped on the stairs. Then I remotely logged into the camera and started looking around. When I saw a plastic bag on the bench fluttering around, I knew a compressor line had popped. I was able to call someone to get in there and shut the power and air. Turns out that a polyurethane coil hose had split lengthwise for a few inches.