Water Lines In Attic Or Slab

No interior walls to use either.

Water lines in attic or slab.

Because there are many temperature. Get help with your home improvement projects. 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. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed.

A burst or leaking plumbing line no matter its location carries the potential to cause extensive damage to your home and furnishings. First off these days water lines going through attic are standard practice especially if you have a slab concrete foundation. In other cases water pipes may be rerouted to walls and ceilings and then insulated if necessary. Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab.

Hot water pipes are often rerouted to the attic though there are some parts of the country where this may not be up to code. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. While this will may make you work a little more to properly insulate the water lines it will save you tons of money upfront. Placing water pipes in outside walls greatly increases the risk of frozen and burst pipes in cold climates.

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. The pipe gradually descends until it ties into the public sewer main that may run behind the houses in an easement or beneath the street in front of the house. If it s a rural home the main sewer line runs to a septic tank. While a leaking pipe located underneath a slab or positioned along an exterior wall can cause significant damage over the long run damage from a leaking ceiling pipe will come much sooner.

The makes the price affordable and allows for minimum tear down during the plumbing repair. Send your questions to tom. What type of piping to use plumbers often use pex piping to reroute pipes. My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation.

30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking. When running pipes from a slab to an attic use an inside wall.