Hello all,
My dad is doing a major remodel of his house (built around 1970). The copper piping has had about 5 pinhole leaks in the last 4 years I'm guessing due to well water eating them up (all the sinks have blue residue). We are considering a full replumb with PEX to prevent future leaks. The kitchen, bathroom, and electric water heater all back up to each other which is going to be easy, however the laundry room is an addition and is ~60 feet away from the water heater (And the rest of the water lines).
Currently there is a cold line coming from somewhere that goes directly to the laundry room. There used to be a separate 30gallon water heater in the laundry room (also sprung a leak and was thrown away about a year ago) for just the washing machine (Seems like major overkill). As a result we still have this 30 amp circuit in the laundry room available for whatever we want to use it for.
Main questions that I have:
-We are considering having PEX ran overhead in the attic to the laundry room; is this the simplest alternative? House is on a slab and running it through the lab would be a major ordeal.
-Should we run a separate hot and cold line to the laundry room or install some small or point of use water heater for the laundry room? or something else? We are considering adding a laundry sink as well.
Maybe the plumber will have better solutions but I would like multiple opinions.
Thanks all
My dad is doing a major remodel of his house (built around 1970). The copper piping has had about 5 pinhole leaks in the last 4 years I'm guessing due to well water eating them up (all the sinks have blue residue). We are considering a full replumb with PEX to prevent future leaks. The kitchen, bathroom, and electric water heater all back up to each other which is going to be easy, however the laundry room is an addition and is ~60 feet away from the water heater (And the rest of the water lines).
Currently there is a cold line coming from somewhere that goes directly to the laundry room. There used to be a separate 30gallon water heater in the laundry room (also sprung a leak and was thrown away about a year ago) for just the washing machine (Seems like major overkill). As a result we still have this 30 amp circuit in the laundry room available for whatever we want to use it for.
Main questions that I have:
-We are considering having PEX ran overhead in the attic to the laundry room; is this the simplest alternative? House is on a slab and running it through the lab would be a major ordeal.
-Should we run a separate hot and cold line to the laundry room or install some small or point of use water heater for the laundry room? or something else? We are considering adding a laundry sink as well.
Maybe the plumber will have better solutions but I would like multiple opinions.
Thanks all