Running Water Lines Through Attic

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Running water lines through attic.

No interior walls to use either. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed. Can i run my 1 4 copper tubing thru attic down wall to box i will install behind fridge. Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab.

Do your best to separate the hot and cold lines to minimize heat transfer. One at the manifold and another at the fixture end. This system uses more tubing but is fast and only requires two connections. Getting new fridge with ice maker.

Hi older home on slab. 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. I recently repaired a pipe at the back wall of my home where as l had to dig under the slab and it was reachable. 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.

I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. Secure the line to the joists using clamps image 2. While homeowners may fret over running plumbing lines through the ceiling it is a common practice used to minimize damage during the re plumb and to keep labor costs lower.

Often the most economical way to replace the original plumbing is running pvc cpvc or pex tubing through existing walls ceilings and crawl spaces. 30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking. Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe. I will solder no saddle for me or should i u.

For a variety of reasons from pipe damage under a slab to home design constraints water pipes may need to be run or rerouted through a home s attic. Running pex in an attic. Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a fixture. My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation.