Tally Wacher
New Member
Hello gentlemen (and Ladies if there are any on here), I'm going to be embarking on a repipe of my 1960s built 2800 sqft one story home's galvanized pipes in the up coming weeks. We have been in it for about 4 months and have had a leak at a copper to Galvy with a dielectric union repair done by the previous owner over the master lavs. The owner before that had a leak repaired over the kitchen, but not sure what was done. I stop-gapped it with some of the that pipe wrap that is similar to the stuff you use to make casts with.
I figure I would post all my questions and show my progress in one thread.
I'd appreciate all the help I can get.
So the meter size is 5/8th and copper to the building at the front left corner. The copper service goes into a bib and then into the house. Please see the attached JPEG, sorry about the rendering.
So the first question is to manifold or not? The service comes in from the left front corner and the water heater is in the back right of the house. I could Tee off the 3/4" cold trunk after it comes in from front the left corner and run one cold trunk to supply the left side and one to supply the right side with 1/2" drops and water heater with 3/4". I could do the same for the hot water with 3/4" trunk and 1/2" drops or I could home run the hot water. Not sure where I would place the manifold. Maybe 3/4" into the attic and put the manifold there and run the 1/2" to each fixture. The wife and kids complain about it taking so long for hot water. Will blow in lots of insulation after the repipe is done. Thanks and keep checking back.
I figure I would post all my questions and show my progress in one thread.
I'd appreciate all the help I can get.
So the meter size is 5/8th and copper to the building at the front left corner. The copper service goes into a bib and then into the house. Please see the attached JPEG, sorry about the rendering.
So the first question is to manifold or not? The service comes in from the left front corner and the water heater is in the back right of the house. I could Tee off the 3/4" cold trunk after it comes in from front the left corner and run one cold trunk to supply the left side and one to supply the right side with 1/2" drops and water heater with 3/4". I could do the same for the hot water with 3/4" trunk and 1/2" drops or I could home run the hot water. Not sure where I would place the manifold. Maybe 3/4" into the attic and put the manifold there and run the 1/2" to each fixture. The wife and kids complain about it taking so long for hot water. Will blow in lots of insulation after the repipe is done. Thanks and keep checking back.