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BIG pipe holders wanted for closet rod.

Raokman | Posted in General Discussion on March 22, 2006 04:18am

I have a new laundry room added on to an old house.

This room is approximately 10′ wide.

In the closets of the old part of the house, we have rods made of pretty thick galvanized pipe held up by pretty substantial holders made of even heavier gauge metal at each end.

I’d like to span the 10′ in the laundry room over the washer/dry/sink/counter with a long rod to hang wet (<<<—key point, potentially 10′ of WET clothing) clothes from.

I’m looking for similiar strength/gauge materials to use as was used in the old closets. All I’m finding are flimsy coated wire, stamped metal?, and light-gauge brackets.

Assuming I just go to the local plumbing supply and get the thick pipe, where do I get the big pipe holders?

Thanks

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    IMERC | Mar 22, 2006 04:22am | #1

    1" schedual 40 pipe and floor flanges to fit...

    now that would be some serious HD.... not Home Despot either...

    Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

    WOW!!! What a Ride!

    Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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      zak | Mar 22, 2006 04:34am | #4

      That's what I would use too. Or you could go 1" round stock into reamed out 3/4" flanges.
      zak

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        IMERC | Mar 22, 2006 04:42am | #5

        junkman says to bump it to sch 80 and an intermediate hanger

        I'd use 2 flanges and an intermediate hanger and 40 pipe...

        yur call on the reaming... I wouldn't take the time to do that... besides the threaded ends would give a class 1 fit...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

        WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

        Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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          CapnMac | Mar 24, 2006 07:59pm | #26

          I'd use 2 flanges and an intermediate hanger and 40 pipe...

          Hmmm, we're presuming that there's "something" in the wall we can bolt those flanges "to," aren't we?

          Might be easier to get the local welder to make an inverted "U" pipe frame that "we" could then flange to the floor.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

          1. DanH | Mar 24, 2006 08:21pm | #27

            If there's nothing in the wall, either run a board horizontally between studs, or run one vertically down to the floor.
            If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people

            happy?

          2. User avater
            IMERC | Mar 24, 2006 08:34pm | #28

            Dan got to it 1st..Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

          3. User avater
            CapnMac | Mar 24, 2006 09:28pm | #29

            Dan got to it 1st

            Yeah, but if we use a board, we no long have a reason to recoomend sending it down to the powder-coat shop  . . . <g>

            Darn it, just remembered that these are "wet" clothes--we need a drip pan under this assembly.  Oh, wait--flange it to the ceiling <g>Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

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            IMERC | Mar 24, 2006 09:57pm | #30

            lacquered copper or stainless....

            flanged up like a Rube Goldberg...

            Sch 80 amd post cable tensioned up the center... did that for a 12'er and it worked...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

  2. DanH | Mar 22, 2006 04:25am | #2

    > Assuming I just go to the local plumbing supply and get the thick
    > pipe, where do I get the big pipe holders?

    Your local plumbing place. If nothing else you can use a couple of pipe hangers.

    If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people

    happy?

  3. Junkman001 | Mar 22, 2006 04:28am | #3

    R man, schedule 40 at 10 feet will sag, guaranteed.  You need to have something to carry the center.

     

    Mike

  4. donpapenburg | Mar 22, 2006 04:58am | #6

    Use split ring hangers  and a wall/floor flange  with a 3/8" rod between to hold the pipe.

  5. plumbbill | Mar 22, 2006 05:00am | #7

    As Junk says sch 40 1" @ 10' will bow/sag

    I'm a big fan of unistrut¯

    http://www.unistrut.com/

    You can build anything with this stuff

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    "There are about 550000000 firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is...........How do we arm the other eleven?" Yuri Orlov

    1. user-126003 | Mar 22, 2006 06:39am | #10

      Your Yrui Orlov  comment ......   Pro  OR  Con ????

      Edited 3/21/2006 11:41 pm ET by OVER FRAME

      1. plumbbill | Mar 22, 2006 07:20am | #12

        More tongue in cheek.

        I am a firm believer in the 2nd amendment --------I think there should be a common sense test verses an age requirement."There are about 550000000 firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is...........How do we arm the other eleven?" Yuri Orlov<!----><!----><!---->

        1. user-126003 | Mar 22, 2006 07:29am | #13

          I agree!!!!!!

          1. plumbbill | Mar 22, 2006 07:34am | #15

            The quote is from lord of war with Nick Cage.

            He said that & I was laughing through the rest of the movie even the depressing parts."There are about 550000000 firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is...........How do we arm the other eleven?" Yuri Orlov<!----><!----><!---->

          2. JohnT8 | Mar 23, 2006 08:01pm | #21

            We're hijacking the thread, but I thought he was the perfect actor for that role.  got that movie sitting on my DVR.

             jt8

            "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life." -- Geoffrey F. Abert

        2. user-126003 | Mar 22, 2006 07:33am | #14

          Sorry not finnished yet ,you are completely correct. In Switserland you are requirerd to own and qualify with pistol ans rifle.!!!!!

          1. plumbbill | Mar 22, 2006 07:36am | #16

            We have a couple of small towns in Wa state the require firearm ownership of ALL residents."There are about 550000000 firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is...........How do we arm the other eleven?" Yuri Orlov<!----><!----><!---->

          2. user-126003 | Mar 22, 2006 07:55am | #17

            I saw the film but it could have been taken either way (left or RIGHT)

  6. ponytl | Mar 22, 2006 06:33am | #8

    if you want to be a little trick... then you could hang it from the ceiling via the pipe type clamps they hang sprinkler pipe with  you could space 2 and not need the center support 3/8 or 1/2" threaded rod... my sprinker guys have some trick lag bolts that once bolted to wood they have a threaded hole for 3/8 all thread  then the split pipe hangers that hold your rod...

    p

  7. user-126003 | Mar 22, 2006 06:37am | #9

    1 1/4 galvi will do.

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      IMERC | Mar 22, 2006 07:07am | #11

      bump it sch 120 then..Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

      WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

      Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

  8. Frankie | Mar 22, 2006 09:05am | #18

    1 1/4" chrome plated steel pipe with a 1" wood dowel running through it. Never tried it with 1" steel pipe running through the 1 1/4" pipe. Don't know if it fits. I.D. vs O.D.

    Wall flnges on the ends.

    Done.

    Frankie

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    —Hunter S. Thompson
    from Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

  9. notascrename | Mar 22, 2006 05:18pm | #19

    I used to use sch. 40 but found it sagged in the middle, couldn't even hold its own weight straight. Went to commercial chain- link fence top rail-no sags. They have strong fittings, both end and center.problem solved. Jim Devier.

  10. User avater
    jazzdogg | Mar 23, 2006 07:48pm | #20

    Instead of a pipe, what about a cable tensioned with a turnbuckle?

     

    -Jazzdogg-

    "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Gil Bailie

    1. plumbbill | Mar 24, 2006 03:44am | #23

      That would look cool

      Big thing on a lot of my jobs now is cable style railings"There are about 550000000 firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is...........How do we arm the other eleven?" Yuri Orlov<!----><!----><!---->

  11. TomT226 | Mar 23, 2006 08:25pm | #22

    I've got a 10' closet full of clothes that are hanging from 1-1/2" EMT with brackets made from 1X.  No sag. Drilled holes in the 1X and spanned to the nearest studs.  Been that way for 24 years...

     

  12. JonE | Mar 24, 2006 03:58am | #24

    I have two eight-foot "laundry poles" in my laundry room, hanging from chains, that are completely packed solid with clothes.  Probably a couple hundred pounds hanging on each one.  I used 1-1/2" electrical conduit, and there is no sag (well, maybe 1/8" or so) along that 8' length.   A couple of boards with 1-1/2" holes in them, screwed solidly to the wall studs, will certainly hold something like that up.

    For a more decorative loot, you might want to try 1-1/2" copper water pipe, polish and lacquer it.

     

  13. User avater
    Gene_Davis | Mar 24, 2006 03:39pm | #25

    Does the situation permit intermediate hanger supports from above?

    If it does, Spokane Hardware and their website Hardware Hut sell the good-looking rollformed steel oval tubing for hanging clothes, plus the end fittings for mounting.

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