Gas Plumbing for Single Tier

The welding on my first single-tier stand is almost complete and it's time to start thinking about plumbing for the propane. I'm looking for information on, and/or pictures of, how to get from the propane tank to the burners. I've got three Banjo burners and a 20psi regulator. A length of black pipe with a few T's is easy enough for me to understand. It's the fittings that I'm a little unsure of.
Any help would be much appreciated.

I went to home depot to find the fittings for my build. To connect the propane tank to my black pipe, I used a 1/2" male pipe thread to 3/8" flare fitting. The MPT screws into a coupler on the black pipe, and the flare fitting gets the propane hose screwed on to it.
Then, for the ball valves, I went to the water heater isle at home depot and they had a gas ball valve that had a 1/2" female pipe thread end to a 3/8" flare fitting on the other end, which gets hooked up to another propane hose which goes to my burner.

Great info and pics. Thank you.

Where did you get the hoses ?

Did you buy them at that length or did you do it yourself?

From a hose supply store. I looked up hose supply or something similar in the yellow pages and gave them a call. I told them the length I wanted and they had it ready in about 30 mins

I just finished a single level brew stand and did a write up describing it. I listed the plumbing connectors I used... May be it will give you ideas.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/two-burner-brew-stand-160684/

Mines not a single tier but I built a gas beam. Pat

SORRY TO HIJACK I'm at this point too, single tier two burners but my biggest question is 1/2" pipe big enough for two hurricane burners and a little control I want to buy fittings as a bunch of other stuff will be coming in soon?

Krelja said:

SORRY TO HIJACK I'm at this point too, single tier two burners but my biggest question is 1/2" pipe big enough for two hurricane burners and a little control I want to buy fittings as a bunch of other stuff will be coming in soon?

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I just did my first brew using my new brew stand which has a 1/2 black pipe manifold and had both burners going carrying on two boils. It worked great! I think the issue is you need a high pressure regulator (mine is 20 psi). One thing that put my mind to ease while I was considering this is the realization that the regulator hose feeding the whole set up only has an inner diameter of 1/4", and the company where I bought mine has multi burner set-ups using the same hose, just high pressure regulators... There is also a 30 psi regulator listed, it's in my post above...

lehr, I love the gas beam! I wish I had been aware of that option or thought of it when I put mine together... It looks very elegant. It would really test my welding skills, but definitely worth a try and something I will remember for next time.

thanks for sharing your propane plumbing solution!

T/Jack


What welders are you guys using?

ThatGuyRyan said:

What welders are you guys using?

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I bought a 120v 90amp (clarke85) stick welder off of ebay for $30 ($70 with shipping). I practiced on a 20 foot length of tubing and when I felt comfortable and after putting together a little welding table, I started welding the stand. I know my welds would look nicer with a wirefeed or mig, but I can't justify the expense right now. Anyway, it takes a little practice to get comfortable, but it melts metal (I've welded up to 1/8"). I've heard and read that a wirefeed is really easy to use right out of the box...

ElDuderino said:

I just finished a single level brew stand and did a write up describing it. I listed the plumbing connectors I used... May be it will give you ideas.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/two-burner-brew-stand-160684/

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Where did you find the pipe hangers dude?

DigityDan said:

Where did you find the pipe hangers dude?

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I got them at Lowe's... I also got two 1 1/4 bolts (whatever's shortest). They were zinc, so I ground the coating off the heads before welding them outside... The fittings then screw right on. I was surprised to find such beefy hangers at lowe's after not seeing anything similar at mcmaster/carr.

I looked at Home Depot and then called every specialty plumbing and fastener place in town, no one had them.

I called Lowes today and they have three left. Thanks Dude.