Using Flex Pipe In Attic

The main reason we see so many bad installations is expense.

Using flex pipe in attic.

There you have it. Use flex duct for the straight runs and hardpipe everywhere else. Pex is semi flexible which allows for long continuous runs through joists. Flexible gas line tips.

The new plastic fashioned into flexible pex pipe also known as pex tubing arrived in the us in the 1980s initially for radiant floor heating systems. Not as durable as traditional black iron. He brought me into the attic to show me all the problems it can cause then brought me into the attic of another of his customers with properly installed rigid pipe. Use pex pipe when running pipe from a slab to an attic use cross linked polyethylene tubing or pex instead of copper.

This includes the main run up to the furnace in the attic as the house is 2 zone heat ac. From what they ve taught me and my own research recent crash course it s a big deal in a few ways. Articles like this one get me a bit concerned. It was a great lesson.

Flexible connectors are permitted to connect appliances to the gas piping. Sometimes the best route for a flexible duct run is up and over an obstruction. 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. However for all of the new runs they used that yellow flexible gas piping.

Flexible gas lines are safe so long as you have little lightning. It costs more use the right methods. A lot of the original gas piping is still in the basement. My contractor was disgusted when he saw the flex pipe.

Lightning has caused many house fires that have flexible gas lines. In your experience how safe resilient is flexible gas tubing. A flexible gas line is made from thin wall stainless steel. Because there are many temperature.

The flexible tubing is embedded in a. You should know what is acceptable in your area. Galvanized steel is used in some areas as well. In other areas the use of copper is widespread.

If you really can t bring yourself to buy those sheet metal elbows at least follow the air diffusion council standards. It s not durable like traditional black iron pipe. A word about cost. There has to be a shut off.

To prevent problems use saddles or straps to support at regular intervals 4c 4d follow the manufacturer s instructions but in case they get lost here is a list of best practices for. Steel piping typically is black with malleable iron or steel fittings.