Pvc Pipe From Basement To Attic

Builder can put in an 1 1 2 pvc conduit from basement to attic for 412.

Pvc pipe from basement to attic.

It connects to a 2 inch tee against the wall. Because there are. Could anyone explain the benefits of this conduit. Gmdkrumm pa i have a leak in my basement on a 4 pvc pipe that i believe is a radon vent or a plumbing vent stack the leak drips down the pipe and drips at the elbow in the picture.

The only restriction i understand is that it has to be 1 inch away from the exhaust pipe. This pipe seems to continue through the 1st and 2nd floor into the attic and through the roof. I m having a 2 inch pvc pipe put next to my furnace exhaust since that already goes from the basement to the attic i expect it to be an easy straight run. I m considering running a piece of 2 pvc conduit from the basement through the first floor and into the attic so i don t have to find a wall to pull nm through in the future when all the drywall is hung.

I only have the basic idea that it s going to run inside walls and can be used in the future for running wires from basement to each floor. The horizontal white pvc pipe at the bottom of the photo held up by the j hook is a drain pipe for a shower. Out of the top of the tee you can see a 1 and 1 2 vent pipe extending up into the floor and wall above on its way to the roof. We had assembled the exhaust vent pipes using pvc pipe that goes up through the ceiling and on into the attic where it connects via a y pipe to the main vent pipe going out to the roof.

Only when temperatures were at 0f did i notice any condensation falling off the pvc onto the basement floor. Running pex in an attic. And it was only when temperatures fell to 24f without the wind chill that more than a foot of the pvc pipe began to show condensation and drop water onto the basement floor. For a variety of reasons from pipe damage under a slab to home design constraints water pipes may need to be run or rerouted through a home s attic.

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