I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable.
Running water lines in attic.
Running pex in an attic.
Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe.
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.
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Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a fixture.
I recently had a slab leak in my home in indianapolis in.
It is never wise to run water lines in an outside wall or above an insulated ceiling in an unheated space.
Run the lines under the floor in the basement not unheated crawl space where freezing will be much less likely.
No interior walls to use either.
Perhaps you can do one of the following.
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.
All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed.
Because there are.
Can i run water lines through the attic.
Installing a refrigerator water line will open up a well of fresh water and ice that you and your family can easily enjoy.
I thought with the heat that rises the ceiling of the kitchen floor of attic line would be okay.
The boiler is located right under the area i would be running the copper line.
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.
My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation.
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.
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.
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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.
This is the 4th slab leak since i ve owned the home.
You are definitely running a risk of freezing these lines in an unheated space.
30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking.
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.
I decided it was time to reroute all the water lines.
Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work.
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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