Copper Stub Through Floor

Running drainpipe through joists calls for meticulous work.

Copper stub through floor.

The torchless installation allows contractors to quickly install pex tubing regardless if they stub out in pex or pex to copper. Home is on post and pier so big crawl space to work in. Dpm or so replumbing in pex and need help with connecting to fixtures. Not all drain stub outs come through the walls.

The holes must follow a straight line across the floor and must ascend or descend so the pipe will be sloped 1 4 inch per foot. Supply stub outs in most houses the main water line is a 3 4 inch copper pipe that extends from the main water valve to the water heater. A rough stub out is installing a special copper fitting that will adapt to the pex. Stubbing pex out through finished floor.

Pipe stub outs are the sections of pipe that feed from the lines run underneath a slab or building through the slab then connect to appliances or eventually continue on to the upper levels of your building. That way you aren t soldering in the wall. I need to go straight through the floor not wall to replace existing pipes so my question is how to do this. Drill through the sill plate and sub floor for each water line.

When drilling through a stud be sure that each hole is at the same level so the pipe runs parallel to the floor. Should i just use a drop ear and secure it to an added 2x4 in between the joists i guess i would attach. Holdrite is the expert in pioneering and producing innovative pex support products such as pex plumbing and pipe support brackets and pex tubing stub outs. If i want to put a supply in the wall i drill a 2 9 16 hole below the stud wall then loop a copper stub with a 3 piece of copper soldered onto a longer pipe.

If joists are 16 inches on center and pipes run across them at a right angle holes should differ in height by about 3 8 inch. Consequently there are two kinds of stub outs. A length of 1 2 inch copper pipe extends from one side of this fitting about 3 or 4 inches beyond the wall and 1 2 inch copper pipe runs from the other side to the nearest water pipe preferably a 3 4 inch main line. Are you sure you want something in the floor.

That 3 piece with go through a small hole in the wall with the escutcheon and shutoff valve. Notice at the end there. Sioux chief 77 apollo conbraco 76 nibco 71 mueller industries.