Water Lines In Attic Or Slab

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

Water lines in attic or slab.

While this will may make you work a little more to properly insulate the water lines it will save you tons of money upfront. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. Get help with your home improvement projects. My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation.

I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. If no boards or beams run. The main sewer line runs beneath the future slab on a gravity flow system. First off these days water lines going through attic are standard practice especially if you have a slab concrete foundation.

When running pipes from a slab to an attic use an inside wall. No interior walls to use either. 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. What type of piping to use plumbers often use pex piping to reroute pipes.

The pipe gradually descends until it ties into the public sewer main that may run behind the houses in an easement or beneath the street in front of the house. Hot water pipes are often rerouted to the attic though there are some parts of the country where this may not be up to code. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed. Send your questions to tom.

In other cases water pipes may be rerouted to walls and ceilings and then insulated if necessary. Placing water pipes in outside walls greatly increases the risk of frozen and burst pipes in cold climates. If it s a rural home the main sewer line runs to a septic tank. The makes the price affordable and allows for minimum tear down during the plumbing repair.

Because there are many temperature. A burst or leaking plumbing line no matter its location carries the potential to cause extensive damage to your home and furnishings.