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Working with conduit
« on: July 02, 2014, 03:38:56 PM »
OK, there are 1/2 and 3/4" conduit benders at the shop, a fair amount of scrap conduit (bend in the wrong spot, so it just goes to the scrap pile, and new conduit's cheap enough if I can't find all I need in there) and I need a new shower curtain ring.  (full oval over an old style tub)  The question remaining is that it needs to hang about a foot below the ceiling for the bottom of the shower curtain to be well inside the tub.  I don't see any standoffs in the Fastenal listings for either of those conduit sizes, so is there an item just called something else, or what's the least redneck looking cheap way to space it off the ceiling?  (Ceiling is 1/2" plywood mudded smooth instead of drywall, so no fancy anchors needed.)

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Re: Working with conduit
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2014, 03:43:23 PM »
Lamp section of big box store.
Chrome chain off of chrome hooks and drywall anchors.
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Re: Working with conduit
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2014, 03:49:53 PM »
Are you planning on priming and painting your conduit loop? It will rust in the wet environment.

This may help you out for what you need in designing it

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Re: Working with conduit
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2014, 04:08:23 PM »
Lamp section of big box store.
Chrome chain off of chrome hooks and drywall anchors.

What's there right now is hand-bent copper tubing (looks worse than a typical plumbing install) on chains.  Hoping to go to a rigid mount so it doesn't move around when trying to tug it past a snagged ring.

Are you planning on priming and painting your conduit loop? It will rust in the wet environment.

Probably just a DTM paint.  Even a little rust beats the multiple sweat connectors and odd bends on the current copper.  Guess I could sand the conduit down and parkerize it.

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Re: Working with conduit
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2014, 04:55:50 PM »
http://www.cesco.com/b2c/product/73486

http://www.cesco.com/b2c/product/150504

http://www.cesco.com/b2c/product/17479

http://www.mcmaster.com/#90207a550/=snzkh3

Sorry I don't know how to bring the pictures up but this is how I'd hang a single run of conduit from the ceiling.

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Re: Working with conduit
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2014, 06:05:08 PM »
Sorry I don't know how to bring the pictures up but this is how I'd hang a single run of conduit from the ceiling.

That's a possibility.  The other idea I had was reworking some 2" base angle to get a box with two long sides open.  Screw one end to the ceiling and bolt the hanger to the other.

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Re: Working with conduit
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2014, 06:50:26 PM »
 Shower rings will have the paint scraped off in no time.  It'll be rust-laden within a year. Ask me how I know.  Pop for a good stainless unit.  Amazon is your friend.

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Re: Working with conduit
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2014, 07:04:36 PM »
Or use a plastic pipe.
If you want some rigidity, stick a threaded rod down the middle, and fill the annulus with liquid nails.
Or...get a stainless or aluminum pipe.