|
Posted by HeyBub on November 1, 2009, 7:40 am
Joe wrote:
> I am trying to reroute my upstairs bathroom pipes away from the
> exterior wall (actually an enclosed space behind a kneewall).
> They currently run in an inside (room dividing) wall until they hit
> the rear wall, behind which is the "crawlspace" open to the rafters
> and such. The pipes froze once back there, and its a horrible place to
> work in (mice love it) so I want the pipes out of there. Anyway they
> turn that corner and then branch in the "crawl space" to the toilet
> and bathtub. Below this bathroom and crawl space there is a false
> ceiling, that I would like to run the pipes through instead.
> But the only way to do that is to drop them straight down inside that
> interior wall until they clear the joists below, then running them
> under those joists above the false ceiling to where they need to go.
> Going through the joists would be preferable, but I cant see how it
> can be done-with 16" centers I dont see how to drill through them. But
> the hardest part of all is just getting the pipes down to where I can
> see them and work with them. Directly below the wall they are in,
> there is an extension of that wall into the upper foot and half of the
> lower level. This forms one "side" that the false ceiling is hung
> from. Its like they knocked out a wall and left just the upper
> portion. Does this make any sense? Its hard to describe. But I just
> cant see how I can get the pipes down through that so they are below
> joist level, without demolishing part of that wall so I can see wtf
> I'm doing. Any ideas? I'd sure like to avoid calling a plumber but I
> may have to...
You may be trying to solve the wrong problem. Consider:
* Insulating the existing pipes.
* Heating the area in which the pipes live.
* Letting the water run in sub-freezing weather.
* Putting expansion devices - like a rubber boot - on the existing pipes.
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap
> interior wall until they clear the joists below, then running them
> under those joists above the false ceiling to where they need to go.
> Going through the joists would be preferable, but I cant see how it
> can be done-with 16" centers I dont see how to drill through them.