Running Water Lines Through Attic

Running pex in an attic.

Running water lines through attic.

My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. 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. 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.

Because there are. Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe. Secure the line to the joists using clamps image 2. 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. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed. 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.

One at the manifold and another at the fixture end. No interior walls to use either. Hi older home on slab. I will solder no saddle for me or should i u.

This system uses more tubing but is fast and only requires two connections. Often the most economical way to replace the original plumbing is running pvc cpvc or pex tubing through existing walls ceilings and crawl spaces. 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. Can i run my 1 4 copper tubing thru attic down wall to box i will install behind fridge.

Getting new fridge with ice maker. 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. 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.