Compressed air is very handy for any woodshop. Pneumatic nailers can be run from very small portable air compressors but tools like sanders and HVLP (high volume, low pressure) paint guns consume a lot of air and require a large tank and powerful motors to sustain the airflow. Pictured above is the unit that will service my shop. I located it in the mechanical room right next to my dust collector so that the sound from these rather loud machines will be highly damped before reaching other parts of the house. Both the shop and the mechanical room walls are filled with sound-attenuating insulation and the air compressor is an ultra-quiet model. Pictured on the wall to the right are the four thermostats for each of the HVAC zones in the house. All use remote temperature sensors and can be adjusted/programmed from a phone app rather than a traditional wall mounted device.