Because there are.
Running water lines in attic.
I thought with the heat that rises the ceiling of the kitchen floor of attic line would be okay.
If there s an air leak insulation like fiberglass acts like a good air filter but is lousy for insulation so ensure you ve bocked any air leaks.
Also i have put down new insulation since i now consider myself a snow bird i could just shut the water off going to the fridge in winter right.
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Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab.
I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable.
Run the lines under the floor in the basement not unheated crawl space where freezing will be much less likely.
Installing a refrigerator water line will open up a well of fresh water and ice that you and your family can easily enjoy.
Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work.
My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation.
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.
In addition since pex is commonly sold in 100 foot coils the material can be used for longer continuous runs reducing the number of joints and.
Can i run water lines through the attic.
Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe.
The boiler is located right under the area i would be running the copper line.
I decided it was time to reroute all the water lines.
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.
You are definitely running a risk of freezing these lines in an unheated space.
While you can certainly use pvc cpvc or copper tubing pex provides a flexible option that uses colors red blue and white that help to differentiate between hot and cold water supply lines.
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Of course if your refrigerator doesn t have an ice maker or water dispenser or if it has one or both features but you prefer not to use them.
If it is run close to the ceiling and has sufficient insulation above it it will approximate the room temperature and with no water in the line there s nothing to freeze.
Running pex in an attic.
No interior walls to use either.
This is the 4th slab leak since i ve owned the home.
30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking.
It is never wise to run water lines in an outside wall or above an insulated ceiling in an unheated space.
Perhaps you can do one of the following.
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.
Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a fixture.
