Airline (pipe) hangers

[Lakeozark]

I am installing my air lines this coming week - 3/4" Black pipe.
I found something at lowes called "Bell Hangers"

Are these really strong enough for supporting the pipe?
Most people will suspend from the ceiling - but my ceiling is vaulted, so I want to put a hanger on the side walls to support the piping.
Is there something else out there that anyone has used?

 

[rlitman]

That is made to support copper pipe, not black pipe. Look for something silver colored.
If you need a standoff from the wall, you can bolt down a short piece of "kindorf" and use clamps on that (the strongest way), or get a pipe clamp that connects to allthread, and connect that to a wall clamp.
Otherwise, they make one a two "eared" clips that you can use to hold the pipe flat on the wall.

 

[K'ledgeBldr]

Check this catalog website:
http://www.warwickhanger.com/catalog/pipe-hangers/black-iron-pipe/

 

[riskyvt]

www.grainger.com has hardware you need for wall mounting BIP. Visit their website and search "black iron pipe hangar" and then "rod hangar plate". You will see split ring hangars for 3/4" pipe, and wall mounting plates under both of these search terms. A common thread for these is 3/8", which allows the use of threaded rod. Very easy to install. Good luck!

 

[machine_punk]

You could use short sections of unistrut, lag bolted to the studs vertically, with the special unistrut pipe clamps. This is certainly how they do it in commercial facilities and how I plan to do it, when I get around to plumbing my shop with compressed air (I plan to use copper tube, though)...
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All of these parts are available at your local Home Depot (and likely your local plumbing supplier). The strut is abotu $20 per 10 foot piece. The individual clamps (make sure you get the correct one for you pipe size) are less than $5 each. The lag bolts and washers are just pennies each.

If you hang the strut vertically on the wall and make it a bit longer than absolutely necessary, you can easily create the slope you need to keep any water in your pipes running the correct way. You can also leave a little extra on each strut for future expansion (electrical or whatever).

I've mounted some stuff on the wall with strut, and it isn't going anywhere. I've hung from the strut, lagged to my wall, and it didn't even notice my weight. I used the strut horizontally for my purposes...
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[Steevo]

I used unistrut pipe supports for mine:

I looked for something "easier" but decided this was the most solid and usable for me, and I made the unistruts long enough to add something later if desired.

 

[930dreamer]

I used these from Lowe's with all thread.

AMERICAN VALVE 1" Galvanized Split Ring Hanger
Item #: 302038 | Model #: AV302038

 

[Provincial]

I used these, which are available from big box home stores, and everwhere else conduit supplies are sold. Be sure to get ones for 3/4" Rigid conduit. The rigid and EMT clamps cross-reference, but it takes a 1" EMT to fit the 3/4" rigid because of the larger Outside Diameter.

They are plenty strong. They mount with one fastener, so figure on using a good sized screw #12 or 1/4".

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[SgtRauksauff]

+1 on the split-ring hangers. This way, you can keep the pipe far enough away from the wall that you can fit a pipewrench in without crunching your drywall (if you've got drywall).

I originally started using the conduit hangers like in the post above by Provincial, but changed everything over to the split-rings because they allow for a nice easy slope of the pipe, with nothing but some 3/8" all-thread and a hacksaw. (I also used some 3/8" nuts to lock the all-thread against the hangers.

I'm almost done with the runs, I'll try to take some photos tonight when (if) I finish it.

--sarge