Running Water Lines Through Attic

While homeowners may fret over running plumbing lines through the ceiling it is a common practice used to minimize damage during the re plumb and to keep labor costs lower.

Running water lines through attic.

I will solder no saddle for me or should i u. It will be about a 40 run up from where main lines are to the back wall of fridge. Be sure to leave extra pipe on both ends of the run. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed.

My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. Pull the lines up through the holes drilled in the sub floor image 1 and then run the other end to the area where the water will be coming into the home. I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab.

Because there are. 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. With the home run system you install a manifold in the utility room or some area that s close to the main water line and water heater and run a separate pex tube to each fixture as shown above. Can i run my 1 4 copper tubing thru attic down wall to box i will install behind fridge.

This system uses more tubing but is fast and only requires two connections. Running pex in an attic. Getting new fridge with ice maker. 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.

One at the manifold and another at the fixture end. 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. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work.

Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe. 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. Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a fixture. Often the most economical way to replace the original plumbing is running pvc cpvc or pex tubing through existing walls ceilings and crawl spaces.