ndelaney
New Member
My house currently has a poor water heater(WH)/furnace set up. The current water heater is a short 30 gal. tank that is under the air handler in a small closet, far from ideal. The WH is failing so I am going to put a new one in an adjacent closet. I am a fairly hand DIYer who has replaced water heaters before, but I am moving locations and plan on using PEX so I want to make sure I am not missing any details.
I plan on using the stainless braided Sharkbite water heater connections on both hot and cold water sides, attaching PEX to those, securing PEX to wall of closet(drywall), running PEX through floor into crawlspace where I will tie it into existing PVC.
WH pressurerelief valve will be routed through floor and tied into exsisting discharge pipe outside.
WH will be in metal pan.
Does the PEX need to be 90 degrees on the turns or can it loop?
Am I missing anything? Any holes in this plan? Is it ok to secure the PEX pipe against the drywall in the closet?
I had 2 companies come out and bid simply replacing the current WH and they both wanted close to $2,000. So Im happy to do it myself..
Thanks in advance for any help.
I have attached a crappy drawing for clarification and your amusement.
I plan on using the stainless braided Sharkbite water heater connections on both hot and cold water sides, attaching PEX to those, securing PEX to wall of closet(drywall), running PEX through floor into crawlspace where I will tie it into existing PVC.
WH pressurerelief valve will be routed through floor and tied into exsisting discharge pipe outside.
WH will be in metal pan.
Does the PEX need to be 90 degrees on the turns or can it loop?
Am I missing anything? Any holes in this plan? Is it ok to secure the PEX pipe against the drywall in the closet?
I had 2 companies come out and bid simply replacing the current WH and they both wanted close to $2,000. So Im happy to do it myself..
Thanks in advance for any help.
I have attached a crappy drawing for clarification and your amusement.