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.

Water lines in attic for hot water gain.

Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab. However insulation just slows down heat gain it doesn t cool anything. 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.

Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. 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. 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.

Another option is to choose a tankless water heaterto be installed in your attic. 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. This is far less expensive than your water heater leaking and causing thousands of dollars worth of water damage. Yes insulating the pipe will help.

Insulation will help maintain water temperature levels in the pipes. 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. Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a.