chicane
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Do any of you guys have a concrete structure external to your garage (or any structure external to your garage) where you keep your compressor?
If so pics.
If so pics.
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Compressor safehouse?
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Lloydthumper
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Not yet Just building the garage now but I am planning on it.
Steve in Mi
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I don't have any pictures to show you but there is a photo in the 'show your compressor' thread of a lean-to with multiple compressors in it. I have seen plenty of photos of external sheds for compressors on the web and think it's a great idea on the whole and did consider doing likewise. Save space and isolate noise, hum, sounds good to me. When I bought my new IR compressor and read in the operators manual "Do not operate below 32 degrees" - I put that plan aside for now as I can not guarantee that here in our Michigan Winters w/o insulating and heating. I will reconsider it in a insulated and heat corner room of a planned unheated addition to my shop. I'm not sure when that will be built.
Charles (in GA)
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"concrete structure".... Are you worried about someone stealing your compressor?
Charles
Charles
RPH
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Blast proof?
REFLEXX
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I'm going to be building one very soon. The main purpose for the concrete is noise suppression. I need to be silent (bitchy neighbors).
8x8x16 block wall on 3 sides, filled with sand will do the trick ( I hope)
8x8x16 block wall on 3 sides, filled with sand will do the trick ( I hope)
If you seal it up enough to be noise proof , you could overheat the pump and the motor . Air compressors need airflow around the motor and the pump to cool them , and you need air exchange to supply the pump with air to fill the tank . If you put the air intake filters outside your noise heard by the neighbors will increase and they will be more bitchy then they are now . JMTC . Dan
wrigh003
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What kind of compressor do you have? I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that the compressor I bought (oiled) was, in fact, way quieter than the oilless ones I had been around previously. It's quiet enough to cycle on and off in my basement garage with my infant son sleeping 9' or so overhead, and all that's between the two is an uninsulated floor and some carpet.
I guess all I'm saying is that the right pump won't make a ton of noise anyway- to the extent that it'll probably be the tools you're using that will irritate your neighbors more than the compressor.
I guess all I'm saying is that the right pump won't make a ton of noise anyway- to the extent that it'll probably be the tools you're using that will irritate your neighbors more than the compressor.