Water Lines In Attic

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

Water lines in attic.

My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe. 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. The water main and water heater ared at one end and the master bath at the other.

Running pex in an attic. The photo at the top of the page is an example of what not to do. In many areas of the country where homes are built on a slab foundation water supply lines are routinely routed through the attic space. Finally insulating cold water pipes can prevent the pipes from sweating due to moisture condensation which can reduce humidity levels in the house in the summertime.

Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a fixture. 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. Insulating the hot water pipes leading out of your water heater for example can reduce heat loss and lower the costs of heating the water.

Pex water pipe without insulation in an attic that is also next to an access hatch opening and unprotected. 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. Because water always flows downward freezing attic pipes that rupture are especially damaging to the living spaces below. During a recent remodel we changed our water lines from inside the slab to run through the attic in southern california no chance of freezing condensation not an issue.

Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. First off these days water lines going through attic are standard practice especially if you have a slab concrete foundation. No interior walls to use either. I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable.

Because there are. Although the flexibility of pex pipe makes it somewhat resistant to freeze fractures it is still required to be insulated in an attic. While this will may make you work a little more to properly insulate the water lines it will save you tons of money upfront.