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Texas and LA Construction
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:28 pm
Does anyone expect a change in residential construction philosophy moving forward in Texas or LA? Or one time thing and move on?
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Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:29 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
Yes, just like how all homes in Baton Rouge are now on stilts
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:30 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
No, this is far too sporadic of an event to potentially exponentiate costs. At least at this point.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:31 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
Lol no
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:33 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
I’m pretty sure that Louisiana will build houses with basements moving forward and Texans will invest in building igloos.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:38 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:47 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
I always found it retarded that people build with water heaters in their attic no matter where they live. Why the frick would you put 50-70 gallons of water in your attic?
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:57 pm to SirSaintly
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exas and LA Construction by SirSaintly
I always found it retarded that people build with water heaters in their attic no matter where they live. Why the frick would you put 50-70 gallons of water in your attic?
My water heaters are in the attic. They are tankless. They don’t take up necesssry space, get plenty of combustion air from the attic and all I had to do for freeze protection was to insulate the attic piping.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 7:59 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
What I expect in Texas is for the ineptitude and incompetence to be eviscerated from ERCOT and the companies which failed to winterize their infrastructure
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:00 pm to doubleb
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They are tankless
Obviously not talking tankless. Notice I said 50-70 gallons of water? Many people have full size tanked water heaters in their attic. Just stupid
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:02 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
For the life of me, I will never understand why these jerkoffs run unwrapped pipes in uninsulated exterior walls and attics.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:03 pm to SirSaintly
I bought a house with two up there. Maybe one day I’ll do something about it.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:04 pm to The Third Leg
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For the life of me, I will never understand why these jerkoffs run unwrapped pipes in uninsulated exterior walls and attics.
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Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:04 pm to The Third Leg
quote:didn’t leave a drip did you?
For the life of me, I will never understand why these jerkoffs run unwrapped pipes in uninsulated exterior walls and attics.
Let me let you in on a secret homeboy - no matter how insulated your pipes are- they’ll freeze when it’s below 20 for 3 days and you have water in them that’s not moving.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:08 pm to SirSaintly
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Obviously not talking tankless. Notice I said 50-70 gallons of water? Many people have full size tanked water heaters in their attic. Just stupid
But obviously the attic can be a good place for the right type of water heaters. You just have to know what you are doing.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:10 pm to Solo Cam
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Let me let you in on a secret homeboy - no matter how insulated your pipes are- they’ll freeze when it’s below 20 for 3 days and you have water in them that’s not moving.
If pipes are insulated and installed inside of a homes insulation barrier I would seriously doubt the lines would freeze under normal use.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:11 pm to doubleb
Mine is in the insulated garage, but yes, tankless would be fine in attic, I guess. However, many builders are still putting regular water heaters in the attic.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:11 pm to WestLakeOHTiger
Considering how homes don’t seem to be built for this kind of winter weather, they should.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:16 pm to Solo Cam
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didn’t leave a drip did you? Let me let you in on a secret homeboy - no matter how insulated your pipes are- they’ll freeze when it’s below 20 for 3 days and you have water in them that’s not moving.
Kid shut it off. NBD, just thawed it quick with a hair dryer and was on my way. I never lost heat in this, just an observation from living here compared to a real cold weather climate.
I grew up in a place where you could go a few months without the temp ever crossing freezing, and I’ve never seen pipes that need to be dripped until I moved south. And I’ve definitely seen pipes in exterior walls there, never once heard of one bursting. Ever. Probably because they insulate the walls and pipes and don’t put plumbing on the cold side.
The practice of running plumbing in cold sides, especially attics, is idiotic on so many levels and just asking for a catastrophe.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 8:18 pm to SirSaintly
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Mine is in the insulated garage, but yes, tankless would be fine in attic, I guess. However, many builders are still putting regular water heaters in the attic.
Water heaters in attics are 100% stupid ideas, 100% of the time.
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