Water Lines In Attic For Hot Water Gain

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.

Water lines in attic for hot water gain.

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. So if you have the cold water line sitting there in the attic all day with nothing running through the pipe it will still get pretty warm after a number of hours even with insulation. 30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking. However insulation just slows down heat gain it doesn t cool anything.

Another option is to choose a tankless water heaterto be installed in your attic. Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a. This is far less expensive than your water heater leaking and causing thousands of dollars worth of water damage. Because there are many temperature.

I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed. Yes insulating the pipe will help.

If the builder has already installed your water heater in the attic you can get it moved to another location in the house or into the garage. No interior walls to use either. 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.