PVC pipe air system

[fourjeepin]

Yes, I know better know, but didn’t at the time. Anyway, mine failed recently which is good as I have been meaning to replace it for the last year. No big explosion sending shrapnel everywhere thankfully. This was installed about nine years ago and was in the attic of my shop.

 

[nadogail]

I have been told that Confessions are good for the soul.

That being said what do you plan to install as your new air system?
IMHO, iron pipe is economic and secure. There are many choices to choose from and they all have thier pluses and minuses.

Please keep us posted.

 

[Shiftless]

Glad nobody got hurt.

 

[PelicanPines]

You are only allowed to set your compressor to a maximum pressure of 12 PSI... for the duration of two calendar months. That is the required punishment.

 

[Shiftless]

I use half inch PVC pipe for airline from my diaphragm air blower to provide bubbles for my koi pond. The bubbler output is under 3 feet of water so I figure I’m running about 1.5 psi. Ten feet of plastic pipe is buried about a foot deep before transitioning to flex to get into the pond. I figure this is safe.

 

[Ron_J]

All of the garages/shops I've been in (and noticed) have PVC for the air lines, and until I found this site, I would have used it in mine as well. Not now though. Still not sure what I'll use, but it wont be PVC.

 

[Notgrownup]

The money I spent on my rapid air lines inside my walls was money well spent.

 

[kaymccampbell]

My first shop I went iron pipe, because PVC hadn't been invented yet, and copper was much more expensive. I was tempted by PVC in the current shop, but I was afraid of it getting burned by flying slag, so I went with copper, which is about as easy as PVC, and about the same cost as iron.

 

[fourjeepin]

I have been told that Confessions are good for the soul.

That being said what do you plan to install as your new air system?
IMHO, iron pipe is economic and secure. There are many choices to choose from and they all have thier pluses and minuses.

Please keep us posted.

I bought a roll of PEX at least 9 months ago to replace the PVC. There aren’t many folks using it, but they are out there. Of the approx 85 feet, only 6 will be exposed to sunlight and it will only be indirect.

 

[jbwilkins]

I bought a roll of PEX at least 9 months ago to replace the PVC. There aren’t many folks using it, but they are out there. Of the approx 85 feet, only 6 will be exposed to sunlight and it will only be indirect.

The PEX manufacturers will tell you not to use the 'regular' (waterline) PEX for this, it's only rated for water and any contaminants (like blow-by oil) could affect its integrity. Do I personally think it's an issue, no.

 

[Showkey]

I bought a roll of PEX at least 9 months ago to replace the PVC. There aren’t many folks using it, but they are out there. Of the approx 85 feet, only 6 will be exposed to sunlight and it will only be indirect.

Just when we thought the story was over


The dead horse stands up and then opens a large can of worms..............

 

[kaymccampbell]

I bought a roll of PEX at least 9 months ago to replace the PVC. There aren’t many folks using it, but they are out there. Of the approx 85 feet, only 6 will be exposed to sunlight and it will only be indirect.

Use copper for that 6'.

 

[orangeblood]

as long as you are confessing, have you recently

* used a cheater pipe on your vise handle?
* bought something at Harbor Freight?
* ever forgotten to unfurl the star and stripes on the 4th of July?
* looked askance at snapon tool?
* put beans in your chili?
* surfed websites that have "girly" pictures?

get it all out, you will feel better

 

[PelicanPines]

Is this a confessional thread?

I'm in trouble...

 

[karoc]

I have had pvc in my garage for about 20yrs and no issues but I consider myself lucky,I did not know 20yrs ago not to use PVC. My next shop will have copper,having peace of mind is worth more than saving few dollars

 

[Metallitubby]

* put beans in your chili?

Whoa. No one ever admits to this.

 

[Shiftless]

Guilty here
(Dark kidney beans and not a lot)

 

[Showkey]

I have had pvc in my garage for about 20yrs and no issues but I consider myself lucky,I did not know 20yrs ago not to use PVC. My next shop will have copper,having peace of mind is worth more than saving few dollars

Is that a little like in my next life......I will Lose weight, exercise, eat right and stop drinking

 

[JRC3]

Whoa. No one ever admits to this.

I will...I need the fiber.



Oh, and ketchup on hotdogs.

 

[Shiftless]

I will...I need the fiber.



Oh, and ketchup on hotdogs.

That one is way over the line...
(Open the link to YouTube and not the picture)

 

[MrSurly]

Don't limit yourself to iron or copper or RapidAir.
I used Stainless, just so you know.

 

[driftpin]

My first shop I went iron pipe, because PVC hadn't been invented yet, and copper was much more expensive. I was tempted by PVC in the current shop, but I was afraid of it getting burned by flying slag, so I went with copper, which is about as easy as PVC, and about the same cost as iron.

Kay, I know you aren't that-old! Without cribbing from google, I believe PVC was first used in the 1950's. I have an old issue of Popular Science which had a story about Genova brand PVC.

Since we're taking about PVC, who knows when the ratcheting PVC cutter was invented and by whom? If you have to google, 'you're cheatin'!' The only reason I know this is I bought one of the first of this type of tool, and the company advertised themselves as being the originators of this tool, and bringing it to market. It was over 40 years ago. If someone has contradictory evidence, I'll stand corrected.

I use galvanized steel pipe off my Saylor-Beall air compressor, to a manifold which has 1 side 1/4" and the other side 3/8", then to a 50 ft length of 3/8" air hose to reach to the water separator and pressure regulator, with an air tap ball-valve and air drop between the water separator and the air hose reel. I've been meaning to do a hard-pipe feed to the pressure regulator & water separator, but I haven't gotten to it. I can proudly say, "no PVC!"

p.s.: MrSurly is a show-off! 'Shore looks purty!'

 

[NUTTSGT]

Guilty here
(Dark kidney beans and not a lot)

Its not chili unless it has beans in it.


I had PVC airlines at one time but they are gone now. I put them in at a time when everyone else was doing it and didn't think twice about it. Live and learn, nobody got hurt.

 

[Norcal]

Don't limit yourself to iron or copper or RapidAir.
I used Stainless, just so you know.

Good material but hard on threading does.

 

[The Cobbler]

Don't limit yourself to iron or copper or RapidAir.
I used Stainless, just so you know.

Nice, but not everyone has access to the material, the welding and so on. I would love the look of that surface mounted!

 

[MrSurly]

Driftpin has it right.....

 

[RAYJAY]

Use copper for that 6'.

use steel its better

 

[karoc]

Is that a little like in my next life......I will Lose weight, exercise, eat right and stop drinking

Sad but true

 

[kaymccampbell]

Kay, I know you aren't that-old! Without cribbing from google, I believe PVC was first used in the 1950's. I have an old issue of Popular Science which had a story about Genova brand PVC.

Since we're taking about PVC, who knows when the ratcheting PVC cutter was invented and by whom? If you have to google, 'you're cheatin'!' The only reason I know this is I bought one of the first of this type of tool, and the company advertised themselves as being the originators of this tool, and bringing it to market. It was over 40 years ago. If someone has contradictory evidence, I'll stand corrected.

I use galvanized steel pipe off my Saylor-Beall air compressor, to a manifold which has 1 side 1/4" and the other side 3/8", then to a 50 ft length of 3/8" air hose to reach to the water separator and pressure regulator, with an air tap ball-valve and air drop between the water separator and the air hose reel. I've been meaning to do a hard-pipe feed to the pressure regulator & water separator, but I haven't gotten to it. I can proudly say, "no PVC!"

p.s.: MrSurly is a show-off! 'Shore looks purty!'

I think PVC pipe has been around since before WWII. BASF? I'm sure it was a German thing. But, we didn't see it in the hinterlands until maybe 1972-3, when our building codes adopted it. By then I had strung my first iron air lines.

 

[like2wheel]

use steel its better

 

[HotrodHR]

I use PVC airline from my diaphragm air blower to provide bubbles for my koi pond. The bubbler output is under 3 feet of water so I figure I’m running about 1.5 psi. Ten feet of plastic pipe is buried about a foot deep before transitioning to flex to get into the pond. I figure this is safe.

Try running your airtools from your koi pond line...

 

[Metallitubby]

Try running your airtools from your koi pond line...

That sounds fishy.

 

[58Yeoman]

Last week, my wife frantically called me to the house as a 1/2" cpvc pipe had broken and was spraying water everywhere. It was about 4" long and broke in two places. Don't know why. It led to an outside faucet and has been there since the house was built in '79. I replaced it with a braided line from a faucet that I had in the drawer, just in case it was under stress. Only things ruined were some cardboard boxes that we use for shipping.

 

[Ron_J]

Last week, my wife frantically called me to the house as a 1/2" cpvc pipe had broken and was spraying water everywhere. It was about 4" long and broke in two places. Don't know why. It led to an outside faucet and has been there since the house was built in '79. I replaced it with a braided line from a faucet that I had in the drawer, just in case it was under stress. Only things ruined were some cardboard boxes that we use for shipping.

PVC/CPVC gets old and brittle. A couple years ago I had to replace a water heater and busted a line in the process. They were old (original with the house in 1973) and brittle, so I replaced all of the water lines. Figure they will last another 40 years and will be my kids problem by then.

 

[thymer]

You are only allowed to set your compressor to a maximum pressure of 12 PSI... for the duration of two calendar months. That is the required punishment.

That's just messed up. Made me fall into a cold sweat...

Love me some rapidair. When building the big shop I looked at all the options and ended up getting two rapidair kits. They don't leak, easy to install, etc.

 

[engineer2]

Copper is cheaper around here. Menards:
1/2"x10' Threaded Black Steel Pipe Schedule 40 $10.49
1/2"x10' Type M Copper Straight Pipe: $6.96
1/2"x10' Type L Copper Straight Pipe: $8.44

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

PVC/CPVC gets old and brittle. A couple years ago I had to replace a water heater and busted a line in the process. They were old (original with the house in 1973) and brittle, so I replaced all of the water lines. Figure they will last another 40 years and will be my kids problem by then.

My brother in law has a garage PVC piping system that has to be AT LEAST 30 years old. You can't tell him anything so I don't. If I did tell him you know what I'd get, right? "I've been using it 30 years without a problem"

I'll just leave it alone and hope he isn't in there when it inevitably blows.

 

[OHMS LAW]

So I’m planning out my future garage build. I’m thinking about using 3/4 air brake hose with brass quick connects. Anyone else ever use it

 

[roc_on_the_rocks]

So I’m planning out my future garage build. I’m thinking about using 3/4 air brake hose with brass quick connects. Anyone else ever use it

What kind of vehicle uses 3/4" air brake hose?

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I used copper for connections and anyplace the line was exposed. For the remainder I used PEX where it is in tray.