Run the lines under the floor in the basement not unheated crawl space where freezing will be much less likely.
Running water lines in attic.
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Also i have put down new insulation since i now consider myself a snow bird i could just shut the water off going to the fridge in winter right.
I recently had a slab leak in my home in indianapolis in.
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 boiler is located right under the area i would be running the copper line.
Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab.
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.
No interior walls to use either.
30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking.
While you can certainly use pvc cpvc or copper tubing pex provides a flexible option that uses colors red blue and white that help to differentiate between hot and cold water supply lines.
Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work.
Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a fixture.
In addition since pex is commonly sold in 100 foot coils the material can be used for longer continuous runs reducing the number of joints and.
This is the 4th slab leak since i ve owned the home.
I thought with the heat that rises the ceiling of the kitchen floor of attic line would be okay.
Because there are.
Perhaps you can do one of the following.
I decided it was time to reroute all the water lines.
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It is never wise to run water lines in an outside wall or above an insulated ceiling in an unheated space.
If there s an air leak insulation like fiberglass acts like a good air filter but is lousy for insulation so ensure you ve bocked any air leaks.
If it is run close to the ceiling and has sufficient insulation above it it will approximate the room temperature and with no water in the line there s nothing to freeze.
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.
You are definitely running a risk of freezing these lines in an unheated space.
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.
Of course if your refrigerator doesn t have an ice maker or water dispenser or if it has one or both features but you prefer not to use them.
Running pex in an attic.
Connecting a water line to your refrigerator will provide it with the water necessary to make ice and dispense filtered water.
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