Dealing with the pressure and giving it the final touches.

So I added the final touches to the hose routing for the plumbing of the hose reel / compressed air system, and fixed the issues I found. It was easier than I thought it would be, but took longer than it should have...

First things first, the shop light was in the way, and needed to move. The remaining 2x2 cutoff from the clamp rack project was just the right size. All I needed to do was size up where the hose was to pass through, where the screws went through, and drill the holes, and screw it together...

The attaching to the ceiling part was a bit of a challenge due to the messed up framing around the attic stairs and the major sag that has caused in the ceiling sheet rock. But I digress...

The hose pass through required a 3/4" hole, centered in the 2x2, I needed a bit that would do the job. I opted for my Irwin Speed Bor Max 3/4" auger bit. It made VERY fast work of the hole, and made for lots of chips, and a clean hole...

Once I overcame the sheet rock sag problem by running a few sheet rock screws with #10 fender washers to cinch up the drywall, and then installed the light, I was able to easily route the hose through the wooden spacer hole, and then added one last hose clamp securing the hose to the reel mount board.

Once I reconnected the hoses, and pressurized the compressors, the funny sound was back, and the pressure was dropping, FAST... A quick soapy water leak test showed the sqealish noise was actually a very fast air leak through the threads of the check valve. I took that apart, and unwrapped several wraps of teflon tape, reassembled and retested, that leak is gone, but I have one now at the quick coupler feeding the reel. I believe it is the tape at the joint as well... I will fix this as son as I can find teflon pipe thread compound as I am DONE with teflon tape, to finish this up... 

If you have been following the blog for a while, you may notice that I lost one of the bicycle hooks that I had been using to store my painting extension poles. I need to rethink that storage arrangement, I had to use the stud that this was attached to in order to mount the lamp.

Sharp readers may also notice that I have not painted the ceiling yet. And there is a good reason for that. Eventaully I will have to tear down the sheet rock, the attic ladder, and the framing around the attic ladder. You may notice the droop on the left side. I may get up there and snap some shots of how this was built. The original builder literally left the left side of the frame just dangling in the air. There is no support, no straps connecting it to the trusses. No solid connection other than air and drywall... I am going to try to limit the repair work to the space inward of the ladder assembly so the front of the garage isn't impacted, THEN I will repaint the ceiling. Probably paint the mount board and spacer mount board for the reel, and shop light at that time.