Air line connection outside

[scribble79]

I am thinking of putting a quick disconnect airline outside of the garage for quick fill up of tires and kids toys. I live in Wi so winter happens here. What are thoughts on this. I am going to run copper pipe throughout the outer walls of the garage with random drops near tools for clean up and air tool usage.

 

[rlitman]

I've had two hose reels outside for years. Just be sure your air lines are dry and that there are no low spots that can trap water that will freeze.

 

[FMB4]

Back, no make that way back, when I worked at various gas station/service stations, most just ran an air hose through a hole in the sheet metal wall (that was pulled inside when the place was closed). That said, I'd recommend that you plumb a wall mounted QD in a downward position.

 

[cvairwerks]

Use something like this to keep the connection from the wet:

Impact Series Polycarbonate Enclosure With Integrated Opaque Cover

High impact polycarbonate hinged enclosure integrated with integrated locking latch, opaque cover and mounting flange ÊUL Type 4X/6P (IP66/68).

nemasupply.com

 

[65ranchero]

In my other house I knocked a hole in cinder block big enough to run 1 1/2 PVC pipe through it and fitted a threaded section to accommodate a cap and run a extension cord or air line through it and cap it when finished/

 

[TurnipTruck]

I’m in Alaska. My first attempt resulted in an icy air leak.
The next shop had a three foot air hose whip that I would stuff through a wall thimble when air was needed outside, then pulled inside to thaw. Still in use twenty years later.

 

[PoorUB]

I worked at a gas station when I was in high school that had an air coupler outside. It always froze in the winter.
I like Turnip's idea.

 

[nadogail]

I have considered adding an outside air connection but with our pleasant year round weather I just open the door and throw the hose through it.
If I was not in Southern California, I would have to make some other arrangement.

 

[sweetk30]

all my years in shops and around the rust belt . . . HECK NO on a quick coupler on the outside . they will rust up on you in no rime and you will be changing them out a lot .

 

[Stedlin]

Mine don’t rust.

 

[rlitman]

all my years in shops and around the rust belt . . . HECK NO on a quick coupler on the outside . they will rust up on you in no rime and you will be changing them out a lot .

So you'd think, but mine last for years. They're out of direct rain though.

On a brass coupler, the parts that rust are the locking balls and the spring. Grease those, and they'll last far longer. Lately, I've been using the pushbutton safety couplers, and they seem to last a few years too.

 

[rpcraft]

I just have a reel with 50 foot of hose on it near the garage door and it's long enough to get to the end of the driveway. I figure if it's flat and in the street it's not going to hurt it getting a few feet further into the driveway. Saves me from having letting people now how fancy the junk in my garage isn't as well.

 

[CraigStu]

I just have a reel with 50 foot of hose on it near the garage door and it's long enough to get to the end of the driveway. I figure if it's flat and in the street it's not going to hurt it getting a few feet further into the driveway. Saves me from having letting people now how fancy the junk in my garage isn't as well.

I think this is best. If you have a quick connect outside, you need to drag an air hose outside to plug into it. So you need a hose on a hook on the wall that you don't use for anything else.

 

[rpcraft]

Well, also it helps prevent adding another unnecesary portal for dust and bugs, but also one less thing to fix or have to worry about maintenance on. For me I have enough couplers to where I can hit the end of the driveway and beyond if I wanted to but I don't plan on working on a car at the end of the street or in the back yard so why have something so complicated. It's just another thing I have to remember to put away or mess with and maintain otherwise.

 

[matt_i]

I'd do a low point drain and an isolating ball valve so the QC doesn't leak all your air pressure out.

It might not look as neat at that point.

I just crack the door, put a 2x4 under it and push the air hose out from the indoor reel. I really like the retract feature of the reel, carrying around snake-y bundles of air hose isn't as much fun.

 

[K13]

I live in a similar climate and when I worked at a gas station in high school as soon as winter hit the hose connected to the outside connection was put away and we would put a hose under the service bay doors for the winter. I was told that the reason was the outside connection would freeze up regardless of what they tried to do to prevent it.

 

[PoorUB]

Years ago I plumbed my garage with PVC pipe for air lines. I ripped them out a couple years later. I mounted a 50 foot Harbor Freight hose reel near the compressor with intentions of redoing the air lines with copper pipe. Well, that as twenty years ago and I am still using the same HF hose reel, I never did add any hard lines. The hose reel will reach out into my driveway far enough to add air to car tires. For that once in a while deal where it is too short I have hoses I can add.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Before I added the shed to the back corner of my garage, I drilled a hole in the exterior wall near the compress, down low. I covered the hole with a flip up out outlet cover. When I needed air outside (think construction, roof/framing nailer) I lifted the cover and slid the hose inside. Go back inside and plug it into a quick connect right inside the hole.

 

[tboy]

Whatever you do I'd regulate that connection INSIDE. Kids will immitate dads and quickly blow up a bicycle tire! 30 PSI would probably be good and fill up most bike tires to rideable condition.

On the other hand, I have a real nice Ridgid cordless air inflation tool that even has an automatic mode. Kids could be taught to set it to 30 and pull the trigger, problem solved and no maintenance.

 

[Sumboodie]

I use air so infrequently that I just pull the hose from the tank in the garage.

I'd probably not fussed with a compressor in my back shed and underground lines if doing it now. M18 tools have replaced 95% of my air tools.

Use air for filling tires and blowing stuff off. A ~10 gallon portable compressor could easily handle that.

 

[exranger06]

I have a hose reel mounted in the garage, right next to the door if I need air out in the driveway. But I've thought about adding a quick connect on the outside of my house, at the OTHER end of the house from the garage. This is where the back/side yard is, where the kids play, and where their inflatable kiddie pools and other inflatable stuff is. It'd be nice to not have to drag my portable 4 gallon compressor, hose, and extension cords out to the yard to inflate that stuff, and instead have a permanent air source right there. Plus, my big air compressor is in the basement right on the other side of the wall there, so it shouldn't be hard to run some more pipe through the wall and tap right into the existing pipe. Yes, I put the compressor at the opposite end of the house from the garage and ran piping clear across the basement. I don't have to listen to it run, it's in a clean, dry, climate-controlled space, and it doesn't take up valuable garage space. Worth it!