My Garage Addition

[Egan]

Excellent build! Did you run into any resistance from the neighbors?

Considering the work lasted a good 4 months, I was surprised that the neighbor closest to the work never said anything. I let him dump some things in my dumpster and I think that kept him happy.

My retired neighbor down the street came by every day to check progress and talk to the crew and/or me. I live in a really friendly neighborhood.

 

[great adventure]

egan,
I really like your car nissan titan.. we do not have this car
here.. in our country.. is it manual transmission...v8?

 

[Egan]

egan,
I really like your car nissan titan.. we do not have this car
here.. in our country.. is it manual transmission...v8?

Unfortunately, they only make it in automatic. But it is a 5.6L V8 with 305 hp and 379 ft-lb of torque and plenty of towing capacity.

 

[1320stang]

Egan, I'm seeing some things with your airlines that I'm wondering about after learning some things on this website. 1st, I notice your filter and regulator are right off the tank with no dripleg. As I understand it, if the you're using the compressor for a while, the hot air created by the compressor will end up bypassing the filter you have there and you'll end up with moisture in the lines anyway. 2nd, I don't see any driplegs at the ends of your drops. Also, I see the guage and the knob below it and was trying to figure out if this was some sort of regulator and if so, why isn't the knob before the guage?

I like the poly and conduit, but I don't think I could use a 3/8" tube. I've got a 1/2" ball valve on a ****** from the 1/2" outlet on the 2 stage, 175 psi compressor going to a 3/4" adapter to a 36" long 3/4" hydraulic hose from TSC to a 3/4" copper tee with a 6" drip leg adapted down to a 1/2" ball valve with a hose bibb adapter on the other side and a piece of garden hose to direct the blow off. The 3/4" copper goes up to the ceiling and tees, one leg going towards the roll up garage door and the other across and down the other side of my cubby at the front of the garage to another tee with a drip leg that the 1/2" ball valve discharges into my laundry sink. After the tee there will be a point of use (POU) filter and regulator and there will be 3 or 4 drops along my bench. The other leg on the ceiling will slope towards the garage door opening then go down the wall with a cross or 2 tees with aother drip leg. One side of the cross will go to a POU filter and regulator and I may add a coalescing filter after the regulator (this side is for painting), the other side of the cross will have a filter and coalescing filter, but no regulator, it'll see 175 psi. This side will be hooked up to a bead blast cabinet or a blasting pressure pot, they typically have their own regulators so I want them to get whatever air requirements they need. I'm hoping the greater surface area of the copper, plus going from 1/2" to 3/4" will help the moisture to drop out of the air quicker as well as allow the air to cool more quickly.

 

[Egan]

Egan, I'm seeing some things with your airlines that I'm wondering about after learning some things on this website. 1st, I notice your filter and regulator are right off the tank with no dripleg. As I understand it, if the you're using the compressor for a while, the hot air created by the compressor will end up bypassing the filter you have there and you'll end up with moisture in the lines anyway. 2nd, I don't see any driplegs at the ends of your drops. Also, I see the guage and the knob below it and was trying to figure out if this was some sort of regulator and if so, why isn't the knob before the guage?

The filter is the lowest point of the system, so I didn't bother putting in a dripleg. I'm not sure about the hot air bypassing the filter. I have a smaller filter that I use at my air tool connection off the 50' hose so i should be okay. The drops are really only for blowdown stations to clean off the workbenches. If I need to use tools at either spot, I'll just pop on the point of use filter and I should be good to go.

As for the knobs below the gauges at the two drops, they're needle valves used for additional point of use shutoff.

 

[Down Under Bloke]

Unfortunately, they only make it in automatic. But it is a 5.6L V8 with 305 hp and 379 ft-lb of torque and plenty of towing capacity.

Can I just say WOW, it thought it was similar to our D40 Navara made in Spain (I have one as a work vehicle) clearly its not, as ours don't have a V8

This is the details on the poverty pack version I drive (Turbo Diesel manual) I have no complaints. http://www.nissan.com.au/navaradual06/msummary_4x4-RX.asp

 

[Egan]

Can I just say WOW, it thought it was similar to our D40 Navara made in Spain (I have one as a work vehicle) clearly its not, as ours don't have a V8

This is the details on the poverty pack version I drive (Turbo Diesel manual) I have no complaints. http://www.nissan.com.au/navaradual06/msummary_4x4-RX.asp

Nissan actually makes our Titan right here in the U.S., but they have no plans to export it.

This is one of the rare occasions where we in the U.S. have something better than you Aussies. I cry when I see the unique Ford and GM products you have, knowing they will never be sold here.

At least Subaru was smart enough to ship the WRX and STi over here.

 

[Down Under Bloke]

This is one of the rare occasions where we in the U.S. have something better than you Aussies. I cry when I see the unique Ford and GM products you have, knowing they will never be sold here.

The grass must always be greener on the other side of the fence, or are you having a lend of me, because that's the way Aussie car guys feel about American cars.

This is my favourite Aussie car at the moment. http://www.ford.com.au/servlet/Cont...02&pagename=FOA/DFYPage/Default1024&c=DFYPage It's a full sized vehicle but not over sized. The 6cyl straight six is a descendant from the 250ci in the sixties, have a look at the turbo version.

 

[1320stang]

Looks sorta like an Edge.

 

[Egan]

Just finished the floor in the lift bay. It's interlocking 2'x2' rubber tile that's usually used in labs (the floor is ESD too). It soaks up a lot of the echo and looks pretty damn good. I was afraid it would absorb too much light, but so far it looks good.

 

[Egan]

 

[JMURiz]

Bah, you just wanted to show off again
Since that material is in labs, how does it stand up to spills between the cracks? Also any ballpark on the price-point?

 

[cdrewferd]

Very nice garage. You did a very good job with tying it into the house. Looks like it was originally built that way. What are you going to do for the floor in the original garage?

 

[Egan]

Very nice garage. You did a very good job with tying it into the house. Looks like it was originally built that way. What are you going to do for the floor in the original garage?

I haven't decided yet. I have access to more of the rubber tile or I might put in 3'x3' carpet tile. I don't have to worry about snow here so I can go either way.

 

[Egan]

Bah, you just wanted to show off again
Since that material is in labs, how does it stand up to spills between the cracks? Also any ballpark on the price-point?

Because of the ESD coating this stuff is like $10/sqft. It's a damn good thing I didn't have to pay for it.

The seams are pretty well sealed, but I would guess a major spill would still find a way underneath. Fortunately, they are easy enough to pull up and replace if necessary (I'm keeping a small stash for replacements).

 

[JMURiz]

Maybe I should talk with my buddy that works in the bio lab at UConn...see if he can score me some of those.

I like the carpet tile idea too. Just use the ones with the rubber backing on them so the oil etc doesn't seep through. My wife-to-be works in architecture and interior design, so I have rubber-backed tiles under my oil-dripping old cars.

Added bonus, they are oh so nice to sit on when doing work, no more cold concrete.