Running Water Lines Through Attic

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

Running water lines through attic.

One at the manifold and another at the fixture end. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed. Can i run my 1 4 copper tubing thru attic down wall to box i will install behind fridge. 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.

My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. 30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking. Do your best to separate the hot and cold lines to minimize heat transfer. I will solder no saddle for me or should i u.

Running pex in an attic. Getting new fridge with ice maker. No interior walls to use either. This system uses more tubing but is fast and only requires two connections.

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. Secure the line to the joists using clamps image 2. Hi older home on slab. 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.

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 now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. 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. 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. 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. Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work.