Running Water Lines Through Attic

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Running water lines through attic.

Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab. Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe. Getting new fridge with ice maker. I will solder no saddle for me or should i u.

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. This system uses more tubing but is fast and only requires two connections. Pull the lines up through the holes drilled in the sub floor image 1 and then run the other end to the area where the water will be coming into the home. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work.

Can i run my 1 4 copper tubing thru attic down wall to box i will install behind fridge. Do your best to separate the hot and cold lines to minimize heat transfer. One at the manifold and another at the fixture end. 30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking.

Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a fixture. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed. Hi older home on slab. Because there are.

I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. Be sure to leave extra pipe on both ends of the run. My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. Often the most economical way to replace the original plumbing is running pvc cpvc or pex tubing through existing walls ceilings and crawl spaces.

No interior walls to use either. 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. 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.