I'm sorry it's a long post but please help.

[My2boys]

We are building a new home, so I get a fresh garage. I am going to build a lean-to against the back wall to house my air compressor and dust collector. I have come up with two different ideas and don't really like either.

1. Take all the piping through the eve and into the attic. The sheeting on the eve is easy to fix and sheet rock is easy to fix. The problem is the framer put a 2 x 8 vertical on the top plate. The clearance between that board and the roof deck is about 3 inches.

2. Run all the piping through large diameter pvc through the wall and have the brickers brick around it. Have a 2 permanent holes in the wall that I could plug with screw in caps.

I am going to try to get the insulation put in in about a week. It's going to be spare foam so I have to have it done before they come.

Thank you for any help. I'm stuck and don't know what to do.

 

[Mr.wolf]

I wouldn't want to run it through the brick though there probably isn't a down side outsidenof cosmetics. I'd do the eve. 1" iron pipe would be overkill anyway so you have plenty of clearance. My whole air system is 1/2". How big is the other piping?

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[JamesW84]

When I installed my mini-split, I removed a brick, cut it down and put it back. I mortared around it once I got my condensate pipe through. It really didn't look too bad. If you have rare style brick and don't have many spares, you might not want to go this way in case someone wanted to replace it later. At least it's a back wall.

 

[My2boys]

I was going to use 1 inch for the main on the air line and the other is going to be 4 inch pvc.

 

[shoot summ]

I would go through the wall.

 

[gnpenning]

Option 2. You can even paint the pipe and caps to match the brick. Are you going to run power the same way or is it there already??

I would run 6" for the DC.

Are you having a divider between the compressor and DC so the compressor doesn't pick up any dust from the bags??

 

[Firebrick43]

I would go through the wall

 

[ForceFed70]

I'd go through the wall as well. I'd be tempted to build it like a small window opening and "plug" it with a plywood face. That way you can easily make changes or additions in the future without having to do any brickwork.

 

[Kevin54]

I guess I am sort of lost on this, but are you running your air through PVC and 1" pipe also? Or is the PVC for the dust collector?

If you are building a lean-to on the back, and it is going to be a permanent structure, I would just got through the wall. Save back a few brick just in case the piping would ever be removed.

Or have you thought about running the large diameter PVC down from the dust collector, go through the foundation, then come back up into the garage. You could do the same with the lines for the air, or you could run it up and over the header, or run it through the wall and keep a brick or two back to replace if ever needed.

I wouldn't want large diameter PVC running through the wall myself, but if the structure (lean-to) is going to be permanent, then it really wouldn't make a difference as it won't be seen from the outside anyways would it?

 

[HammerMechanic]

I'd go through the wall as well. I'd be tempted to build it like a small window opening and "plug" it with a plywood face. That way you can easily make changes or additions in the future without having to do any brickwork.

This is a good idea. Frame it out as a common sized window and if it ever needs to be changed out or the lean to taken down just slap a window in.

 

[EOC_Jason]

EDIT - I like the window size idea above too!

I would go through the wall. I'm sure there will be extra bricks leftover, just be sure to save some in case you ever do want to patch it up.

If it was me, I would mount them down low and use threaded ends so you could always screw a cap in them if they are no longer used. Also if it's lower and not eye-level, if you patch it then it would be less noticeable.

I'm eventually going to build a little shed onto the back corner of my garage, which I want to save a corner for a big air compressor. I'm just planning on drilling through the brick so I can run electrical and also for the air line.

I remember when they were building a new house around here, the landscapers hit it on the side with their bobcat and damaged probably half a dozen bricks. After the bricklayers came back and patched it and it dried you couldn't even tell where it was hit.

 

[My2boys]

Option 2. You can even paint the pipe and caps to match the brick. Are you going to run power the same way or is it there already??

I would run 6" for the DC.

Are you having a divider between the compressor and DC so the compressor doesn't pick up any dust from the bags??

I never thought about 6". I was not going to divide it buy vent the DC outside. I have already run the 220 line out. I run it out and was going to put a plug with a outdoor cover that way when I take it down I still have power.

 

[My2boys]

I guess I am sort of lost on this, but are you running your air through PVC and 1" pipe also? Or is the PVC for the dust collector?

If you are building a lean-to on the back, and it is going to be a permanent structure, I would just got through the wall. Save back a few brick just in case the piping would ever be removed.

Or have you thought about running the large diameter PVC down from the dust collector, go through the foundation, then come back up into the garage. You could do the same with the lines for the air, or you could run it up and over the header, or run it through the wall and keep a brick or two back to replace if ever needed.

I wouldn't want large diameter PVC running through the wall myself, but if the structure (lean-to) is going to be permanent, then it really wouldn't make a difference as it won't be seen from the outside anyways would it?

I was going to use the large pvc for the dust collector and the 1" line for the trunk for the air compressor. The lean-to is not going to be permanent, just until I get a shop built.

 

[My2boys]

Thank you for the ideas. Hopefully I can make up my mind about what I want to do.

 

[fastbike02]

I would go through the wall provided I could put up a few bricks so if you ever change your mind you can knock out the cut ones and replace them with uncut bricks

 

[APEowner]

I'd run them through the wall as well. Probably down low through PVC chases that could be capped at a later date if they ended up not being needed.

 

[SteveL]

I would run 6" for the DC if you have at least 1 1/2 hp. I have a 1 1/2 hp Jet and the 6" main run made a huge difference. Just run 4" drops to each machine with blast gates. I would also run through the wall just below ceiling height so you minimize the number of elbows. Once through the wall, run the 6" pvc along the top of the interior wall with a 6x6x4 Y for each machine location.