plumbing quote

[yoonbokim]

Hello~

Anyone here install and air line from the air compressor to the air dryer. and then another one from the air dryer to their automatic?
I just got a quote from the plumbing company for $2,600.00

Am I being over charged?

Thanks guys!
Kevin

[blue moon]

We just installed commercial, heavy duty hoses. Much cheaper and you can do it yourself.
These are not your $50 HF or Lowes hoses. We paid $400 for one, but that much better than $3k.

Pierre

[Frog]

Hello~

Anyone here install and air line from the air compressor to the air dryer. and then another one from the air dryer to their automatic?
I just got a quote from the plumbing company for $2,600.00

Am I being over charged?

Thanks guys!
Kevin

Get another few estimates to get an idea if the first guy was out of line or not.
Granted, it was more of an emergency, but I just had a water heater repair, and paid $200 for 30 minutes labor.
There is a history behind the old brain surgeon turned plumber joke.
If you can't do it yourself, or have a handyman getting handyman level pay, plumbers get what plumbers get.

[Rockers]

Hello~

Anyone here install and air line from the air compressor to the air dryer. and then another one from the air dryer to their automatic?
I just got a quote from the plumbing company for $2,600.00

Am I being over charged?

Thanks guys!
Kevin

That sounds very high. I think we paid around $600 and we are located in a very expensive to live and operate country.
I recommend as well the heavy duty hoses though.

[DonR]

Ingersoll Rand has a pipe system that snaps together. The connectors are just like the ones used to connect air hoses on your press. Cut the pipe to the length you want. Put the connected on the end and attached the next pipe. If you need to change around where your air goes in a year or two, you can just disconnect the pipes and move as needed using the same pipes.

[mooseman]

Yoon,
I have a question for you please , purly for my own interest and confusion.
What brought you to focus on screen printing as a business endevor given what appears to be , I mean this without malice honestly, very little experience or exposure to the entire process.
Obviously you have no obligation to answer this it is simply something I have been asking myself after reading through posts here.
Totally with respect and throughly confused.
mooseman

[Doug S]

I know I'm going to get some criticism here but from the chiller to the press, we used 1 inch pvc glued together with the pvc glue.  It's been going strong since 08'.  I am planning on going with the pipe in the future.

[1964GN]

We use this stuff https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200484023_200484023

[LuckyFlyinROUSH]

Order some 1" or 3/4" pneumatic hoses off amazon and get some galvanized fittings. Wayy cheaper. Have a guy that ran a 4 auto shop and swears by it.

We've got 1.5" copper in ours.

[prozyan]

We use this stuff https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200484023_200484023

RapidAir system is what I used as well.

[dsh]

RapidAir also

[hoogie]

Order some 1" or 3/4" pneumatic hoses off amazon and get some galvanized fittings. Wayy cheaper. Have a guy that ran a 4 auto shop and swears by it.

We've got 1.5" copper in ours.

Long time ago, for my first auto, I went to granger and bought a box of 1" rubber air line hose, you can get the fittings at any hardware store (barbed on one end for clamps) Had enough left over and stuck it in a corner. 11 years later and in a different building I took all that hose and I'm still using it, multi auto's now. Works great and it's cheep. If I had to guess it was a long time ago. Hose, fittings, clamps...All in at around $500ish.

[Admiral]

http://airpipeusa.com/ for me.  Like RapidAir but more industrial imo.  We installed it ourselves (mostly me), unfortunately it takes a lot of time to install in 32,000ft^2 (doesn't run the whole building luckily) but was worth it - any modifications / editions / expansions we can do ourselves easily. 

I would look into doing it yourself with an aluminum system or the 3/4 maxline like posted.  Better for the air and now you can control it for expanding / changes.