How To Run Pex In Attic

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.

How to run pex in attic.

When running pipe from a slab to an attic use cross linked polyethylene tubing or pex instead of copper. Pex is semi flexible which allows for long continuous runs through joists and studs. Because there are. I looked in the attic and noticed that all of the plumbing that once was in the slab had been replaced by pex and was now in the attic.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 insulation below pex and r 40 above. I would re route it into the attic and down to each fixture. Existing ranch has very low ceilings 7 8 so dropping any ceilings will not work. But even if you install pex fittings in a conventional main line and branch system the connections are quicker to make than soldering copper.

Pex fittings are faster to install than copper. House is in colorado. If you use a manifold and home run system it s like running a garden hose to each fixture super fast and easy. Running pex in an attic.

My plan is to run pex thru the attic below the insulation. San antonio is a temperate climate and it rarely gets below freezing and i know pex is more resilient when is comes to freeze ups as the plastic tends to expand as needed.