Tintin
Member
I'm installing a water heater and using PEX. Due the confinement of the closet and the layout of the studs, it's going in adjacently and attached to the right wall. I'm not able to run the PEX lines straight up because the T&P valve and electrical will be in the way of the shut off valve--so I have to run the PEX up the back wall towards the left side of the closet to give me room--all of this should be fine, but the cold water is coming in lower than the hot and so it will need to cross under or over the hot to get to the right side. Is cool to cross the lines like that even though it's not pretty? I'm trying to not use any more connections than I need. The only thing I can think to do differently is to have the cold run in front of the T&P valve on top and then continue to the back left corner--this would mean there are is no crossing over, but the cold will be on the left side? Thank you!