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hot_rod
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Remodeled 1800's farm house. New addition added with PEX homerun potable system - blue for cold & red for hot. Decided to run down an outside wall, rather than through the radiant slab. Along came the insulators & job wraps up. Meanwhile - frigid weather sets in & our lines freeze - repeatedly.
Insulator removed the siding today & our potable PEX lines were on the cold side of the fiberglass! He pushes them to the side & asked "Where's the water lines?" He thought they were electric lines(G). Alls well that ends well.
Why the outside wall? Because of the radiant floor & other considerations. We don't normally use exterior walls for water lines.
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Remodeled 1800's farm house. New addition added with PEX homerun potable system - blue for cold & red for hot. Decided to run down an outside wall, rather than through the radiant slab. Along came the insulators & job wraps up. Meanwhile - frigid weather sets in & our lines freeze - repeatedly.
Insulator removed the siding today & our potable PEX lines were on the cold side of the fiberglass! He pushes them to the side & asked "Where's the water lines?" He thought they were electric lines(G). Alls well that ends well.
Why the outside wall? Because of the radiant floor & other considerations. We don't normally use exterior walls for water lines.
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Bob "hot rod" Rohr
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