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.

Water lines in attic for hot water gain. 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. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. 30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking. 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. 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. 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.

Because there are many temperature. 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. Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a.

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. Yes insulating the pipe will help. Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab.