Using Flex Pipe In Attic

A lot of the original gas piping is still in the basement.

Using flex pipe in attic. There you have it. It was a great lesson. Flexible gas lines are safe so long as you have little lightning. Lightning has caused many house fires that have flexible gas lines.

My contractor was disgusted when he saw the flex pipe. It s not durable like traditional black iron pipe. Steel piping typically is black with malleable iron or steel fittings. 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.

Articles like this one get me a bit concerned. A flexible gas line is made from thin wall stainless steel. However for all of the new runs they used that yellow flexible gas piping. The flexible tubing is embedded in a.

Pex tubing is an easy to install alternative to copper pipe. Pex is semi flexible which allows for long continuous runs through joists. It costs more use the right methods. 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.

Sometimes the best route for a flexible duct run is up and over an obstruction. In your experience how safe resilient is flexible gas tubing. Flexible gas line tips. A word about cost.

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. From what they ve taught me and my own research recent crash course it s a big deal in a few ways. Galvanized steel is used in some areas as well. You should know what is acceptable in your area.

Use flex duct for the straight runs and hardpipe everywhere else. This includes the main run up to the furnace in the attic as the house is 2 zone heat ac. 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. If you really can t bring yourself to buy those sheet metal elbows at least follow the air diffusion council standards.

Because there are many temperature. Not as durable as traditional black iron. Long used in radiant heating systems flexible pex tubing is perfect for water supply lines because it s easy to run through walls and floors and simple to work with. The main reason we see so many bad installations is expense.

There has to be a shut off. Use pex pipe when running pipe from a slab to an attic use cross linked polyethylene tubing or pex instead of copper.