Run Water Pipes In The Attic Ontario

Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab.

Run water pipes in the attic ontario.

My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. Cedric in your climate plumbing pipes can be installed in an attic as long as the pipes are installed under the insulation layer. This system uses more tubing but is fast and only requires two connections. The simple solution is to dig up the insulation run the pipes along the top of the ceiling drywall ie just above the ceiling rather than just below it and put the insulation back on top of them which puts them on the warm side of the insulation inside the home thermally speaking also to be a lot more careful when hiring plumbers.

It is also important to run the pipe as low in the attic as possible to provide heat from the ceiling below. They weaken the framing member. Jastori oct 7 2009 3. When water is running and is then suddenly turned off the rushing liquid has no place to go and slams against the shut off valve.

One at the manifold and another at the fixture end. Ideally in the attic you would want to run the pipe as close to the ceiling as possible below the insulation. When running pipe from a slab to an attic use cross linked polyethylene tubing or pex instead of copper. Water line would run over the top of the 2x4 bottom truss cord and i would create a tent over pipe so there was no.

To keep pipes from rattling line the holes with felt or use wood shims. Slip a shim under the pipe and tap in until it is firmly in place but not tight to allow for expansion. If possible run it under the attic insulation for an added layer of protection. Pex is semi flexible which allows for long continuous runs through joists and studs.

It wouldn t hurt to insulate the pipes with foam pipe insulation before the pipes are buried needless to say if you find the work daunting you should call a plumber. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. I suppose you don t have freezing issues in fl but if you run it above the insulation the water in the pex will heat up more than if it is run close to the ceiling. The loud thudding sound that follows is known as a water hammer.

Besides being alarming water hammer can potentially damage joints and connections in the water pipe itself. With the home run system you install a manifold in the utility room or some area that s close to the main water line and water heater and run a separate pex tube to each fixture as shown above.