View Single Post
  #10   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
ransley ransley is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,926
Default is pex piping close to outside wall a good idea in a coldclimate?

On Dec 17, 2:30*pm, William wrote:
Hi.
I live in Minneapolis and just bought a new house.
On the first cold winter night, no water came out of the upstairs
bathroom cold faucet.
The pipe, I discovered, is really close to an outside wall.
I was wondering if replacing the copper pipe with pex pipe would be a
good solution.

thanks a lot,

William


Is there any way the pipe can be run where it wont freeze, Mine froze
luckily I re routed through a closet. You just dont want it to freeze.
Where I am now no water is within 3 ft of an exterior wall, a smart
design. There is heat tape and foam insulation if you cant re route.