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[Poweranger]

Originally Posted by shovelmike

The copper should be OK, my line from tank to furnace is copper, over twenty years and no issues.

Good to hear.

[ducnut]

Originally Posted by Poweranger

IIRC I did read that some gas was ok for galvanized pipe but can't remember what the circumstance was. I was always told the rule of thumb was black pipe and some types of copper. I buried copper pipe from the tank to the regulator on the building about 12" deep. I hope it was ok to use the copper for this?

Yeah, it has to do with sulfur content and the source of one's gas. I'm not up on all the different standards with NG versus LP or even what the current, accepted standards are. I live in a small town that is behind the times. We don't even have inspectors to enforce our codes. Even if we did, I wouldn't trust 'em, based on what I've seen from our city engineer.

[Poweranger]

Originally Posted by ducnut

Yeah, it has to do with sulfur content and the source of one's gas. I'm not up on all the different standards with NG versus LP or even what the current, accepted standards are. I live in a small town that is behind the times. We don't even have inspectors to enforce our codes. Even if we did, I wouldn't trust 'em, based on what I've seen from our city engineer.

Same here. But our building and electrical inspectors are actually good, know their stuff, and take the time to actually look stuff over well.

[Krazyjohnny]

Check into your Cathodic protection codes for metal fuel piping in contact with the earth. You will find that in your states Environmental Department guidelines. They will have different rules for different fuel types and piping materials.

type K copper is typically what is used for Propane/NG.

[Vankaye]

[QUOTE=Poweranger;20643186]. I do not plan on ever pouring gas down my floor drain so I didn't vent it.

Nobody "Plans" to pour it down the drain but you can imagine the 1001 ways it happens. Also, heavier than air gasses such as propane can leak in your garage and pour themselves down the drain (invisible to you). I recommend a vent. Trapped fumes can linger for a long time and bite you in the ass when you least expect it. I learned this from rebuilding boats.

[Poweranger]

[QUOTE=Vankaye;20679148]

Originally Posted by Poweranger

. I do not plan on ever pouring gas down my floor drain so I didn't vent it.

Nobody "Plans" to pour it down the drain but you can imagine the 1001 ways it happens. Also, heavier than air gasses such as propane can leak in your garage and pour themselves down the drain (invisible to you). I recommend a vent. Trapped fumes can linger for a long time and bite you in the ass when you least expect it. I learned this from rebuilding boats.

I never thought about the propane. That would actually be the most likely thing to leak since it is piped in from a large container. I do not store gasoline in there so I didn't really worry about it. Speaking of 1001 ways I know of one. I had a garden tractor get a cracked fuel tank that leaked fuel out on the garden shed floor. Thanks for bringing up the subject. I think I will put a vent on my list of spring projects.

[ducnut]

Originally Posted by Vankaye

Nobody "Plans" to pour it down the drain but you can imagine the 1001 ways it happens. Also, heavier than air gasses such as propane can leak in your garage and pour themselves down the drain (invisible to you). I recommend a vent. Trapped fumes can linger for a long time and bite you in the ass when you least expect it. I learned this from rebuilding boats.

Great advice!

[redbulltx]

Originally Posted by rdtbull

I have envy over those with space! I just moved to a 3 car Garage Home! unpacking now.

All right now I'm expecting you to have everything unpacked by the next time I come to visit you dad! We have project bikes to work on!!

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[Dastard]

Originally Posted by Poweranger

Here are few more build pics.

I installed a floor drain in the shop area before we poured the floor. Floor drains are ok by code here except that they must drain out in the open or be vented where ever they end up so gas or oil fumes can not build up. I do not plan on ever pouring gas down my floor drain so I didn't vent it.

How hard is it to vent that floor drain? What happens when you spill some gas, forget to shut the petcock when removing a gas tank, your kid is too lazy to properly dispose of the gas in the mower before winter etc.

I have found that when I don't do something because I don't plan on ever needing it, I usually want/need it later whith much greater expense (washer/dryer hookups in the basement, 220V in the garage, # of regular outlets in the garage, etc)

Someday I will have a shop like that. The deal with my wife is that after my military career, she can pick where we live as long as I get a shop the size of a three car garage.

ETA, I should finish a thread before I post. What the other guys said

[Aanarchy]

For ten years I lived in a 3 story townhouse. My truck lived in the street and I had a standard two-car garage for the bikes.

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My wife wanted dirt to dig in so we sold the townhouse and bought an older house on a half acre lot, still in the city. The garage is temporary housing for the bikes.

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But in the back of the lot is this little gem -

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It's got some issues.





But I start to move in.

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Then I start planning -





Note - the above two drawings are turned 180 degrees from each other. You can't see in these scans, but these drawings are done on graph paper to scale. The shop is 20' x 20'.

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Fast forward for a sneak preview.



And a nice fence with rolling gate -



More to come.