My Water Pipes Run Through The Attic

Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work.

My water pipes run through the attic.

30 year or more home built on a slab and water lines are being damaged and lines are breaking. I m in southern california and my pipes run through the attic single family house. No interior walls to use either. All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed.

Last summer it would take 2 3 minutes to get cold water from the tap because the attic gets so hot. I have vents and gable fans running in the attic when it gets over 100 degrees even though some people disagree they are useful i find they help a little. 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. This is most likely the number one reason homeowners get nervous during a re plumb that involves running plumbing lines through the ceiling.

Besides being alarming water hammer can potentially damage joints and connections in the water pipe itself. The loud thudding sound that follows is known as a water hammer. Because there are. 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. While a leaking pipe located underneath a slab or positioned along an exterior wall can cause significant damage over the long run damage from a leaking ceiling pipe will come much sooner. 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.

My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. However insulation just slows down heat gain it doesn t cool anything. 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. Use foam insulation that comes in sleeves and fits around the pipe.

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.