Plumbing…

[delcrossv]

My water heater has a tiny leak. Been putting off replacing it due to the plumbing, plus it's in the garage so it's not hurting anything. I had my house built in 2004, and never seen a water heater piped like this.

Inlet and outlet together? I've replaced a lot of water heaters over the years, and the pipes have always been apart.

it's preheating your cold inlet water. Costs extra for that.

That's just wrong in so many ways. No dielectric unions? Heck, no unions at all!

 

[delcrossv]

The Benedictine abbey near me put in underfloor water heat when they built the abbey church in 1982. Not sure what they plumbed the lines in with, probably galvanized pipe. But they cheaped out somewhere in the installation and the lines began to fail about 20 years later. They had to jackhammer out about 15,000 sf. of concrete and replace it The labour was cheap as the community did it themselves, but it was a huge job. SO much easier to get it right the first time!

Pretty!

Nobody in their right mind would use galvanized for radiant heat. Probably copper. If it was redone in PEX, you need the oxygen barrier type or you're replacing boilers every few years.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Pretty!

Nobody in their right mind would use galvanized for radiant heat. Probably copper. If it was redone in PEX, you need the oxygen barrier type or you're replacing boilers every few years.

Yes, it is a gorgeous building. I can just see the bell tower beside it from my back deck. I probably shouldn't have suggested it was plumbed in galvanized because I really don't know; I heard the story from one of the monks when it all had to be dug up. Copper would have been horriffically expensive even then, but they seem to have a lot of money, so who knows. I sure hope they put the right stuff in subsequently.

 

[vt_shooter]

There's going to be a lot of work for carpenters in a decade or two repairing rotting walls when plastic water supply lines and compression fittings start leaking inside walls. And for plumbers too, when people want that plastic stuff out of their walls after dealing with leaks and rotting walls. Lawyers too, they'll do well.

 

[delcrossv]

There's going to be a lot of work for carpenters in a decade or two repairing rotting walls when plastic water supply lines and compression fittings start leaking inside walls. And for plumbers too, when people want that plastic stuff out of their walls after dealing with leaks and rotting walls. Lawyers too, they'll do well.

Plastic has its place if the water is acidic. If it's not, definitely copper.