Air compressor room or not?

[Sasquatch912]

Fixing to get a Quincy 60 Gallon delivered next week and been looking at my shop and deciding what to do. I am debating about building a compressor room to silent the noise of the air compressor but I have been reading mixed comments. Right now my shop is only 30x30 and I am planning to extend it out another 30x20 in the future. So right now, I am wondering about is it even worth doing right now when my shop is pretty filled up as it is? Anyone think its worth it or just use the money for something else?

 

[dwcon1431]

Fixing to get a Quincy 60 Gallon delivered next week and been looking at my shop and deciding what to do. I am debating about building a compressor room to silent the noise of the air compressor but I have been reading mixed comments. Right now my shop is only 30x30 and I am planning to extend it out another 30x20 in the future. So right now, I am wondering about is it even worth doing right now when my shop is pretty filled up as it is? Anyone think its worth it or just use the money for something else?

My reason for building a compressor cabinet was noise suppression also. Whether I had room or not, a cabinet was better than having to wear ear protection all the time.

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[txvwnut]

Put it outside and put a lean to shed over it.

 

[driz]

Put it outside and put a lean to shed over it.

Yup. It’s far better in another room or outside. Mine is in the basement with a nice vertical run of copper pipe to condense away the moisture so it mostly runs back in the tank and not down the way to tools.


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[sweetk30]

My I.R. T-30 pump units are not bad at all . No hearing protection required . Every one who stops in is amazed how quiet they are .

I say run it first and see how loud it is . There is a few tricks to make them less noisy.

As to outside install that works but if humidity get bad you can get a lot of water in the system .

 

[jeepinerdeep]

I have a room. I would not do it again. It creates it's own climate.

If it was in an open part of another very large room, that would be OK.

The little 4x4 room mine is in just traps heat, moisture and dirt.

 

[TonyJ]

Most noise comes from the intake. I myself would make a makeshift line ran outside and see how it sounds. If still to loud for you then maybe take the plans of building a room for it in your future add on

 

[Sasquatch912]

My I.R. T-30 pump units are not bad at all . No hearing protection required . Every one who stops in is amazed how quiet they are .

I say run it first and see how loud it is . There is a few tricks to make them less noisy.

As to outside install that works but if humidity get bad you can get a lot of water in the system .

Thats my issue. Humidity. We have an air compressor outside under the shed at my job and the oil always gets moisture in it. Just changed the oil and cleaned out the oil sump.......and its now white. I'm avoiding the outside installation for mine.

 

[Sasquatch912]

Most noise comes from the intake. I myself would make a makeshift line ran outside and see how it sounds. If still to loud for you then maybe take the plans of building a room for it in your future add on

So make a line from the intake to outside? Is that Quincy 60 gallon loud at all?

 

[jabberwoki]

Great idea i did an enclosed room outside and you can hardly hear it , plus its safe from theft and the weather.