Water Lines In Attic

Although the flexibility of pex pipe makes it somewhat resistant to freeze fractures it is still required to be insulated in an attic.

Water lines in attic.

The makes the price affordable and allows for minimum tear down during the plumbing repair. 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. 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. My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation.

No interior walls to use either. Pex water pipe without insulation in an attic that is also next to an access hatch opening and unprotected. I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. Because there are.

Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a fixture. Running pex in an attic. Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab. The photo at the top of the page is an example of what not to do.

Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. 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. 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.

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. The water main and water heater ared at one end and the master bath at the other. First off these days water lines going through attic are standard practice especially if you have a slab concrete foundation. Because water always flows downward freezing attic pipes that rupture are especially damaging to the living spaces below.

Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe. While this will may make you work a little more to properly insulate the water lines it will save you tons of money upfront. 30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking.