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.

Water lines in attic for hot water gain.

All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed. No interior walls to use either. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. Another option is to choose a tankless water heaterto be installed in your attic.

Because there are many temperature. Yes insulating the pipe will help. Insulation will help maintain water temperature levels in the pipes. My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation.

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. 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. I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable. This is far less expensive than your water heater leaking and causing thousands of dollars worth of water damage.

Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a. However insulation just slows down heat gain it doesn t cool anything. 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.