Perhaps you can do one of the following.
Best way to run water line in attic.
Your inspector may want you to include a tee fitting to be used for testing.
Need to get a hot water line from one end of the house to the other in a ranch with a concrete slab.
Maybe the proper fix for the under the slab routing of the water lines was to install 4 diameter pvc piping under through the slab that has all gradual turn corners.
All lines are coming from under the slab in each part of the home where water is needed.
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.
Run the lines under the floor in the basement not unheated crawl space where freezing will be much less likely.
Position the ball valves.
Connect the water lines.
Position the fittings and solder.
Once the drain system is assembled and cemented plug the drainpipe at the lower end.
If possible run it under the attic insulation for an added layer of protection.
When using modern plumbing materials such as pex tubing that is flexible this is often the best choice.
Pull and secure the lines.
Keep the fridge water line from kinking as you complete the run.
Michael karas nov 15 13 at 11 16.
It is also important to run the pipe as low in the attic as possible to provide heat from the ceiling below.
It is never wise to run water lines in an outside wall or above an insulated ceiling in an unheated space.
If ever a leak you can pull new lines through the pvc without digging up slab once again.
Run the lines under the insulation in your ceiling next to the heated drywall.
Most often it is easiest to simply run new pipes in the same cavities that contained the old plumbing.
For better support at every two to three feet along the water line use a nylon or cable clamp to secure the line to the cabinet back or along a floor joist if applicable.
I now have a water leak that could be further under the slab and not reachable.
Run the new vent line over to the tee fitting.
Run the water lines.
Through this can be pulled the pex water lines.
The pipes should slope gently away from the existing vent pipe so water can travel downward.
Two common ways to run plumbing.
Mark and drill the holes.
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.
No interior walls to use either.
Do the rough stub outs.
Otherwise a cold water line run a long distance through a hot attic can take several minutes to deliver cold water to a.
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.
Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work.
