Posted by CurtisH on February 18, 2021 at 20:10:29 from (98.199.97.12):
In Reply to: Re: Texas houses posted by cjunrau on February 18, 2021 at 14:29:09:
cjunrau, You are correct that almost all housing where I am is built on slab foundations with no crawl space. Southeast Texas (Houston area) has a lot of expansive clay soils, and as I understand it a properly post-tensioned solid slab allows the slab to more or less float on these soils and resist cracking from soil movement.
I used to own a 1980's house in a different part of the state (Austin) where the potable water plumbing was buried in the slab, but I don't think that is commonly done anymore, at least not where I am, other than for short runs to something like an island in the middle of a kitchen.
In my situation the incoming water is sent to a manifold in the attic as shown. The cold water runs are branched off of the manifold with a larger line coming out the top and going to the water heater. Hot water comes back to the manifold and then distributed through runs attached to the other side of the manifold. Each branch can be closed at the manifold if needed. I can see where this set-up could be a problem in a colder climate without an effort to properly insulate it, but it usually doesn't get very cold here for very long.
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