Step 25b – Install the Heat Pump Water Heater
The beautiful efficiency of a heat pump can not only be used to heat the house, but also to heat the water. A heat pump water heater is the most efficient type of water heater on the market today. One …
Category: Do Your Own Plumbing
Step 25- Install the Heating Appliances
One of the things I was most excited about, yet also most apprehensive about, was installation of the heat pump. Installation of refrigerant systems like AC units and heat pumps is a delicate process and requires quite a few expensive …
Step 15c – Install the Main Plumbing Supply
There are several key components of a well installed plumbing system that I had yet to install, mainly a backflow preventer and a pressure reducing valve. The backflow preventer ensures that water from my house has no chance of flowing …
Step 15b – Install the Hot Water Supply
The hot water supplies are installed just like the cold ones, except that it’s a good idea to insulate them to ensure that the hot water stays nice and hot as it travels from the tank to the fixture. There …
Step 15a – Install the Cold Water Supply
I installed a decent portion of the cold water supply way back before I poured the concrete slab. The roxul I used to insulate the slab is plenty to ensure that there won’t be any freezing issues with the PEX, …
Step 15 – Potable Water System
The DWV and water supply systems are inspected at the same time, during the plumbing inspection, so since I already had one of them complete I figured I might as well finish the other and get the inspection done. I …
Step 13b – Roof Vents and Pressure Test
The whole point of working on the plumbing first was to make it easier to install the shingles. I will be using interlocking aluminum shingles due to their proven record of longevity and ability to stand up to the high …
Step 13a – Install the Plumbing
Once the DWV has been planned out, installing the plumbing is a relatively simple process that involves drilling holes in studs and joists, cutting the pipe to fit, and cementing the fittings to the pipe. The key is to always …
Step 13 – The DWV
Now that the frame of the house is complete and safe from the elements, there stops being a necessary order of doing things. I could, for instance, decide to finish the exterior of the house, put the shingles on, run …