Nofears67
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I am building a new home and my plumber wants to run many of the supply lines to the bathrooms ,and outside spigots, overhead instead of under the slab. I am concerned about air becoming trapped inside the lines ultimately reducing the volume of the supply lines.
I have voiced my concerns to him and he does not seem to convinced there would be any problem. I am very familiar with air in lines as I am a water system engineer. I was asking him what about installing a spigot in each line at the high points overhead...This way we could manually release any air pockets, as needed, in the attic via the hose spigots. This would only be upon first charging of the line and upon any repair of the lines that would've drained them. Of course, trapped air in the lines could also contribute, but to a much lesser extent.
Anyone have any familiarity with such a situation of a solution?
Thanks!
I have voiced my concerns to him and he does not seem to convinced there would be any problem. I am very familiar with air in lines as I am a water system engineer. I was asking him what about installing a spigot in each line at the high points overhead...This way we could manually release any air pockets, as needed, in the attic via the hose spigots. This would only be upon first charging of the line and upon any repair of the lines that would've drained them. Of course, trapped air in the lines could also contribute, but to a much lesser extent.
Anyone have any familiarity with such a situation of a solution?
Thanks!