Just moved, and my new shop (YAY) will be a detached garage. I am adding on an additional 20x24' slab to house most of my wood tools. After seeing in a couple wood mags the option to run the DC mainlines within the concrete, and completely eliminate the overhead abacus of runs/tubes, I am hooked. But I don't really know how exactly. I am meeting with concrete guy this weekend, so hoping to get more educated so I know what to present to him.ANY help suggestions is MUCH appreciated!
Hereis wht I have- a ONEIDA 3 HP DC (not home, and don't remember the model, bought in 2000), but it is the hugely heavy metal wall mounted cyclone over a 35 gal bucket. I know it has 7" inlet, and in my previous shop I had 7" on main run, then 6" along ceiling, to 5" drops along walls to each machine. NOW, I want to go straight down, I assume will use 7", but then run 6" PVC under concrete and then 6" risers to each tool? This is where I'm not clear, since the concrete slab is only 4-5 " thick, and has to be reinforced with heavy wire.
If someone has done this, or knows specifics, I would LOVE to hear from you!
The beauty of this installation is clean efficent and quiet DC. The big negative, it is NOT flexible. I can't move it after install, so need to get it right, both in design, and positioning. HELP
TIA
Dave