Grandma Lewis
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Hello all,
My house was built by the original owner, and according to my neighbor, they were a bunch of "drunken old coots". Judging by some of the things we have found in the house, construction wise, I think my neighbor is right.
So here's my scenario, followed by my question:
I have 4 closets that are all connected in the shape of an "L" The top of the "L" is a useless front closet. The middle of the "L" is the A/C closet, with the lower half being the return air. The bottom of the "L" is the Hot Water heater closet and the closet on the right of the "L" is the kitchen pantry.
We would REALLY like to expand the pantry and are considering moving the hot water heater to the front closet. I need a larger pantry and have no need for the front closet, which looks a lot like Fibber McGee's closet.
The water supply line comes in through the A/C closet and then feeds into the current H/W closet. I think cutting and turning it shouldn't be a problem. Moving the breaker box shouldn't be a problem as the front closet is closer to the main breaker box, so we wouldn't need extra wiring, just relocate and leave the extra wire in the attic.
The question concerns the lines to the house, feeding the fixtures. There are 5 copper pipes that come up from the slab in the H/W closet that supply hot and cold to the fixtures. The 3 cold pipes extend up about 1 foot and the 2 hot copper tubing pipes extend up about 18". From the top of the H/W heater is the hot and cold pipes that go into the wall at the bottom of the "L" and come back out of the same wall and feed into the 5 copper pipes that feed the house.
What we are thinking of doing is cutting the 5 pipes close to the floor, installing 90 degree elbows and running them under a false floor, through the return air and into the front closet. This would then allow us to remove the wall between the current H/W closet and the pantry and remove the wall at the bottom of the "L" and give me about 6' access to the new pantry. (Oh I can't wait)
Is there any reason we shouldn't have those pipes from the foundation make a 90 degree turn and run about 3 inches above the slab to the front closet, under a false floor? Is there any reason they should extend up from the foundation for the 12 and 18 inches?
Thanks so much for your input!
My house was built by the original owner, and according to my neighbor, they were a bunch of "drunken old coots". Judging by some of the things we have found in the house, construction wise, I think my neighbor is right.
So here's my scenario, followed by my question:
I have 4 closets that are all connected in the shape of an "L" The top of the "L" is a useless front closet. The middle of the "L" is the A/C closet, with the lower half being the return air. The bottom of the "L" is the Hot Water heater closet and the closet on the right of the "L" is the kitchen pantry.
We would REALLY like to expand the pantry and are considering moving the hot water heater to the front closet. I need a larger pantry and have no need for the front closet, which looks a lot like Fibber McGee's closet.
The water supply line comes in through the A/C closet and then feeds into the current H/W closet. I think cutting and turning it shouldn't be a problem. Moving the breaker box shouldn't be a problem as the front closet is closer to the main breaker box, so we wouldn't need extra wiring, just relocate and leave the extra wire in the attic.
The question concerns the lines to the house, feeding the fixtures. There are 5 copper pipes that come up from the slab in the H/W closet that supply hot and cold to the fixtures. The 3 cold pipes extend up about 1 foot and the 2 hot copper tubing pipes extend up about 18". From the top of the H/W heater is the hot and cold pipes that go into the wall at the bottom of the "L" and come back out of the same wall and feed into the 5 copper pipes that feed the house.
What we are thinking of doing is cutting the 5 pipes close to the floor, installing 90 degree elbows and running them under a false floor, through the return air and into the front closet. This would then allow us to remove the wall between the current H/W closet and the pantry and remove the wall at the bottom of the "L" and give me about 6' access to the new pantry. (Oh I can't wait)
Is there any reason we shouldn't have those pipes from the foundation make a 90 degree turn and run about 3 inches above the slab to the front closet, under a false floor? Is there any reason they should extend up from the foundation for the 12 and 18 inches?
Thanks so much for your input!