Thread: John's Dusty Enclosure...WIP

I used 'Boston Liquid Sealant'. It can be used on all metal gas and water pipe threads. It has a honey like consistency so fills the threads without hardening.

From memory, I got it from Bunnings.


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Loctite also make a few pipe thread sealants, forget the number but it's yellow and sets firm so will hold a fitting in place if it's a bit looser than ideal, I'd go with this one for all the smaller fittings, there's also a white one which doesn't set as hard, I prefer this one for larger pipe fittings, say >1/2"



Pete

Excellent advice guys. I had no idea. I'd only ever used white Teflon tape.

Only hiccup now is that my newly acquired Macnaught hose reel has a cracked inlet assembly. I've been quoted just under $80 for a new one. Ouch! I bought it from the local salvage yard, with the 20m of hose for $30. Can't complain, it retails for $300!

Some progress today. The iron is on the outside. I just need to get a pile of flanges for the corners, doors, against the house, etc.

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And I need to gap seal up all the old screw holes, and push it up to the house and dyna bolt it down.

Just thinking about termite protection. I was thinking of insulating and lining this enclosure. Do you think leaving the bottom 300mm bare and insulating from there up will keep the termite inspection dudes happy?

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Also need to build the air compressor enclosure. Should I seal the shop vac from the dusty also?

Grinder blades are expensive at $2.30 each...I think I got good value out of this one!

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Colour? I'm going to spray it to either to match the house, or cream like the pergola.

Looks good JR

Originally Posted by johnredl

Some progress today. The iron is on the outside. I just need to get a pile of flanges for the corners, doors, against the house, etc.
And I need to gap seal up all the old screw holes, and push it up to the house and dyna bolt it down.

Just thinking about termite protection. I was thinking of insulating and lining this enclosure. Do you think leaving the bottom 300mm bare and insulating from there up will keep the termite inspection dudes happy?

My enclosure sits on brick paving but I used galv 70 x 35 SHS on it's edge as the base for my enclosure. In this picture its painted dark grey.

It's looking more finished now. Still some work to go. I got a pile of flashings put on. Unfortunately I'm short by 2 lengths, but that's how it goes!

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Now, the big security door. I'm reusing the old sliding door. I've put hinges on it. Would I be better if putting something over it (tin/fibro, gyprock) to make it weatherproof and then put in another place for the dusty to breathe? At the moment it has a metal screen that's not weatherproof. The security door man suggested a sheet of plastic that can be removed, but that sounds fiddle and impractical.

Still have to paint it, line the inside, build the compressor spot, put the flashing on, finish the doors...

I have a friend with some old guttering lying around that I could have, do you think guttering would make it look more finished?

Lookin good. Given my woes of venting, I am gonna leave it to the experts ! :eek:

I did have a little chuckle reading your woes!

If you are not overly worried about noise then here is how I would do it.
The tall vertical white rectangle is the screen door.
The grey angled rectangles are two sloping pieces of corrugated iron acting like large louvres
Blue represents the air escape path.

How much of a gap Bob? Would an inch be enough if I use corrugated for the covers? The door is 1100 wide

As for noise, what ever I plug into my ducting will make probably more noise. Plus I don't think it'll make any more noise than most rooftop evaporative air conditioners.

Originally Posted by johnredl

How much of a gap Bob? Would an inch be enough if I use corrugated for the covers? The door is 1100 wide

1100 mm is about 44" so with two slots a 1" gap would give you about 88 sq inches + a bit on each side so about 100 sq inches all up

For comparison Mine is 20' x 8" = 160 sq inches

1.5" would be better.

Cheers

How's this for luck. I've been getting around to buying insulation for this enclosure. Then today I found 1 bag of Bradford Gold Bats R1.5 lying on the middle island of a busy street. It was still there 1 hour later so now it's mine.

I'd planned on thicker insulation, so, should I double it up? Also do I need to line the inside with gyprock/fibro, or will the insulation alone give me adequate acoustic properties?

Nice find john !