OnlyinCali
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I'm pretty sure I'm overthinking this but I'll ask anyways.
I'm running new 1/2" and 3/4" copper water supply lines through (mildly) undersized floor joists. The joists are 2x10s over a 20ft span and have a little more flex to them than I like. The copper has to be run perpendicular for 10 ft or so, through roughly 5-6 joists.
Is a little bit of flex/vibration an issue since I will be running about 10' of copper through them? I'm assuming every house built prior to 1980 is this way and I'm just overthinking it, but I figured I'd check.
I was planning on boring 1" or 1 1/4" holes for my copper and then filling in the dead space with expanding foam to give a little cushion/flex. Is there a proper way to do this to avoid joint failures after 10 years of kids running across the undersized joists and therefore vibrating/slightly flexing my copper?
I'm running new 1/2" and 3/4" copper water supply lines through (mildly) undersized floor joists. The joists are 2x10s over a 20ft span and have a little more flex to them than I like. The copper has to be run perpendicular for 10 ft or so, through roughly 5-6 joists.
Is a little bit of flex/vibration an issue since I will be running about 10' of copper through them? I'm assuming every house built prior to 1980 is this way and I'm just overthinking it, but I figured I'd check.
I was planning on boring 1" or 1 1/4" holes for my copper and then filling in the dead space with expanding foam to give a little cushion/flex. Is there a proper way to do this to avoid joint failures after 10 years of kids running across the undersized joists and therefore vibrating/slightly flexing my copper?