In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 30 Mar 2019 07:11:23 -0700 (PDT), trader_4
wrote:

On Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 9:54:10 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 3/30/2019 5:49 AM, wrote:
Randy, did you ever get anything resolved? If so what did you have to do?



A couple of years ago Randy want up in the hot attic in August to check
the water lines. Unfortunately, it was so hot he dehydrated and passed
out. His kids found the mummified body when they went looking for
Christmas decorations stored there.

Randy was so well preserved he is now used in the King Tut traveling
display and his family gets paid 50 cents per visitor.


If he survived he learned what has been stated here. Attics in warm climates
are hot. You can re-route the pipe so it's under the insulation and next to
the drywall and put more insulation over that area. That will help, maybe
reduce the temp 10 or 20 deg, but not sure how much that helps. If you
want tap water to be 55F, then get the water pipe out of the hot attic.

Plainly, you should have two sets of pipes and run the hot water through
the attic in the summer, cold water in the winter. And vice versa.