Heaters

[Shas]

Running pex through my attic has been my best heater heat

No doubt about it.
Although running your COLD water lines up there
might mean that you cool your drinking water in the refrigerator!

I'm wishing I had laid a roll of pex
inside the masonry of my big chimney when I built it.
Hindsight sucks.

[commander]

I am seriously considering this as one of my spring projects. We do have some really cold days in the winter so I may add the means to bypass and drain the attic lines when we are expecting long spells of really cold weather.

[Shas]

Why would you do that, Commander?
Even in a cold spell the attic is likely the warmest part of your house, isn't it?
I'd have thought that that's when an attic coil would be the most beneficial.
Or am I missing something (again)?

[commander]

Our house is heavily insulated. I have been in the attic when it is below freezing and the attic is just as cold as the outside air. Two or three days of subzero weather could freeze the water supply to the water heater. I am thinking of adding valves to the supply side of the water heater that would shunt the incoming water through the pex in the attic when the weather is warm to act as a pre heater but could be shut off and drained when the weather turns really cold.

[Shas]

Wow.
That's well insulated.
Maybe you can suck a quart of vodka through the pipe
with your shop vac, too,
to remove water pockets in your pipe.

[commander]

Wow.
That's well insulated.
Maybe you can suck a quart of vodka through the pipe
with your shop vac, too,
to remove water pockets in your pipe.

Waste of good vodka when I can simple apply a little air pressure and blow it out.

[Shas]

Waste of good vodka when I can simple apply a little air pressure and blow it out.

Well, for crying out loud, Commander,
it never occurred to me that you would WASTE it!
Just suck it through your pipes before drinking it!

[foodchain]

Remember to keep the pex accessible. It's not supposed to leak....but everything needs attention sooner or later.
PEX has me sold though. Next house will use the same concept for geothermal......using the earth as one giant heat sink.....A bit out of budget right now. But the pex makes a profound difference.

[commander]

Well, for crying out loud, Commander,
it never occurred to me that you would WASTE it!
Just suck it through your pipes before drinking it!
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Damn, I need to start thinking outside the box a little more.

[zenel]

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