What You Need to Know! - Whole Shop Air Compressor Install - Pex Pipe for Air Lines 

Rectorseal Pipe Dope. That's what you need. I've never gone back to thread tape after using it. Works for water, air, and gas.

Thanks for taking the time to do this. Very practical and not over complicated at all.

Video nicely done! I worked at Caterpillar for a number of years, and our top cnc maintenance tech would use teflon tape, AND pipe dope. Thought it was worth mentioning. Have a great weekend!

Great video, thank you for taking the time to show this install.

Fantastic information, I’m opening my own auto repair shop and was thinking about running pex line but wasn’t sure on how to run the lines and all but now I know. Thank you!

Starts at 3:00. As a professional, I can say to use brass fittings only. Throw the teflon tape away- use a good pipe dope like rectorseal with teflon or the yellow. You can use the stainless steel crimps just fine and they will hold better psi. Pex will not last exposed to the sun or UV light. Use drip legs at each drop with a valve to drain it.

Great video, looking forward to see how you set everything up.

Thanks for the video. Gave me a lot of good info to plumb my shop

Great information Lucas👍the shop is coming together nicely. I can’t wait to see your projects that come out of the shop😁👍🚜💨💡

Thanks for the tips on the EVO Pex connectors. Always use the paste for NT fittings.

I like the “we went the free method”😉😂👍🏻. Nice setup Lucas 🙋🏼‍♂️🙂👍🏻

Great followup video and information. Thanks Lucas!

Absolutely great video Lucas! And yes, shut off the air when you`re not using it, and also turn the power switch off too when you`re not in the shop. Safety First!

Awesome information, thanks. I would like to see an update on how your garage looks now and if you like the system you installed.

Great info Lucas! Thank you for posting!

Thanks for the lock tight tip. I plumbed my garage no leaks first time using the orange.

You ever think about adopting a 38-year-old son from Indiana? I can just sleep on the leftover horse mat. That garage is going to rock!

Wow, what my husbands shop dreams are made of! Nice!!!

Great video thanks!!!

Great video, thanks for the info

I've always sealed my threaded air connections with clear silicone caulk. It has never failed me, and it's easy to remove. The viscosity is thick enough to take pressure immediately after assembly.

Good information Thank you

About 3 yrs. ago I did PEX with crimped fittings and it’s doing well. On the the vertical line on the back wall, I’d suggest a tee then a short line with a ball valve so you can drain that run. A lot of air cooling will occur on that long line. Shop is looking good 👍

great video. I have the same compressor from TSC. Partially hooked up. Wired, brass fittings off tank and one quick disconnect. Think I'll go the pex route in my garage also. PS new brass fitting threads are garbage which sucks because NPT seals on the threads. Mine leak also.

I put hockey pucks under the feet of my compressor, been working great so far.

One great alternative to the rubber pads under the compressor feet is hockey pucks! Thats what my 60 gallon compressor sits on and there is no vibration and it helps make it quieter

Teflon tape is to lubricate the threads. It has limeted sealing properties. I have used a ton of teflon tape for seal. But lock tite has a pipe sealant that works great.

I always love pex pipe 👍👍 so much better than copper

Connect air compressor to your shop lights so when you turn lights out it’s off that how big shops do it. Nice video

You will regret not using at least 3/4" pipe with such long pipe runs. Too much resistance to flow through 1/2" pipe. Air tools on your back wall drops will run poorly.

Ron Ross, I was looking for information on compressor lines, thank you. I am retiring within two weeks at 67. I work for a very large utility company in the USA. I did notice your electrical. I am a journeyman electrician. In a shop environment I prefer metal outlet box covers. I also do not use the cheap duplex outlets. I do not know which ones you purchased. Most people do not know the difference between the open bin fifty cent outlets and the good stuff. They think cheap is good enough. However, the cheap ones are made out of cheap plastic. They break very easy with minor sideways strain on the plugged in cord. Also, you should have no more than three outlets per circuit. Also, I am going to run PVC pipe for my air lines and water. These circuits are to be in my garage. I need to run water to the garage door area so that I can hose off a car or wash down my front door area. The airline will be from one side to the other. From the compressor to a bead blast booth on the other side of the garage. It will be located above the two-car garage door.

At my job we use a black pipe thread sealer (I think it is Permatex). We call it black death cause once it dries it is a b**** to get apart. It works well with out 600 - 1300 PSI applications. Pretty much guaranteed to never leak.

Excellent video, thank you. Was there a reason you used wall mount outlets vs. Retractable ceiling mounted units ? The reason I ask is that with the former you end up with hoses snaking all over the floor.

Most plumbers I know use PTFE pipe dope AND teflon tape on threaded brass fittings.

Hockey picks work for rubber isolators.

Never tried the JB Weld stuff, but the Permatex white thread sealer beats PTFE tape all around.

I use Gasoila pipe dope on all my fittings brass or steel and i never have a leak. Suggestion when you run your air lines put a drip leg and a valve at the outlet you will get a ton of water out of them . Even better i bought a refrigerated dryer and man does it make air tools last longer .

Great info, buddy. I'm really looking forward to the lift videos. How much clearance you figure you'll have with it raised all the way up?

I love my air setup, but I find that any tool that I have a battery equivalent, I no longer use. Pretty much I'm down to the paint sprayer, ratchet, hammer, and inflator/air nozel on the pneumatic system. The ~20v equivalents have just gotten too good and so much more convient. (Impact driver, sander, nailers.)

I vote for rectorSeal pipe thread sealant over loctite.

A concern is the temperature of the air entering your PEX piping. Yes, PEX is rated for residential hot water systems perhaps at 130 degrees max temperature. Frequently, the air entering the system can exceed this temperature and severely compromised the PEXs burst strength. As a test you might want to use a non contact, infrared thermometer at the first air input to give yourself piece of mind as to the safety of your system. This is a huge issue when PVC piping is used for compressed air distribution. There have been fatalities from flying shards of PVC shrapnel.

Wow😍

The fact that all your brass fittings leaked using teflon tape tells me there is a consistent issue with your application. I have used teflon tape on brass fittings, steel fittings, etc and no issues for many years. Proper tape, 4 wraps clockwise when facing the threaded end, and proper torque. Too much torque damages parts. The liquid pipe dope works great as a time saver.

You may want to look up how to muffle the sound of your air compressor. 75% of the noise output from a compressor comes from the air intake. It is very easy to muffle without restricting the intake on a compressor. There are hundreds of RU-vid how-to videos from commercial $1000.00 applications to the DIY free versions. The high RPM that the Dewalt or many newer Ingersoll Rand units use to produce air is much higher than the older pumps and the dba output is extremely annoying to work around,. You can lower the decibels on your air compressor for very little $$ or maybe even for free if you have the material lying around to do so.

None of the Maxline kits provide regulators etc so guaranteed you are money ahead using Pex and Pex fittings.

Pro tip you can use the roto hammer to drive the bolts into the concrete it works better then hammering it

We’ve had pex pipe in our shop for years just watch out getting something cought on it and break a line

Hi Lucas , did you use pex A or pex B. Thanks mate ☺️👍

I'm curious. Those fittings look like restrictions. Do you have flow issues? Have you tried running an air tool that takes a lot of volume? Tried taking an impact and busting a seized bolt yet?

Go Cleetus

What insulation is that

I think it would have been a little cheaper if you had bought the pex clamp system instead of the push fittings, they cost a lot more.

The way You've done this and air tools dont like water id add a coil pipe (copper) down into a cold 5 gallon bucket of water then add my Separator a foot or 2 up, best to do this off the pump then into the tank It will keep water out of your tank as air compressors rust out from the inside. But you can also do it out of the compressor tank before it goes into your pex. If your painting cars this will give you dry air. Youll still want seprators, also a drip line at each tap about 6" long. We did a machine shop with pvc 3/4 and 1" about a 1/4 mile long, and yes we had blowouts when some yo yo pulled to hard on a hose, but the fix only too a few min we kept extra pipe on hand and it held i think to 250 psi. But this was a big commercial shop with cnc machines that used a lot of air.

What is that wall covering you got there? Insulated?

Did you use Pex A or Pex B pipe

Every single time i've used teflon tape on a 1/2" connection it leaked.Nerve wrecking.Indeed thread lock is the way to go,be sure to leave it 24hrs before pressurizing it.

plastic pipe will deuterate in time ?? been there done that ??

Pretty sure all you needed was pipe dope no thread lock

Hey son, you need to go back to school boy!

50' hose real harbor freight $150.00 20 min install.

Why so many regulators