<\/picture><\/a><\/p>\nThe size of PVC pipes presents a huge difference to metal pipes, which makes the amount of space that they need within the walls of the home change to a lower amount. When plastic pipes are used, the plumbing wall can be 4 inches thick. If the plumbing walls are only 4 inches thick, 2X4s are used in the wall instead of the 2X6s. This means that instead of the 6 inches of space that the 2X6 studs give between the exterior and interior walls, there are only 4 inches of space. And everything fits and works perfectly fine since the plastic pipes are so much smaller in size than metal pipes.<\/p>\n
The electrical wires and air ducts aren\u2019t affected in any way with only having 4 inches of space since the extra two inches are only because metal pipes need that space. 2X4s are also strong as well, so the strength of the frame of the house isn\u2019t something that needs to be worried about, they just provide less space in the walls of the home. But the plastic pipes don\u2019t need that much space, which is why they fit perfectly in that 4 inches of space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Everyone knows that once you open up the walls of a home, quite a few things may be discovered. Sometimes it\u2019s damage with the wood inside the walls of the house that couldn\u2019t be seen before or electrical wire problems, and sometimes it\u2019s plumbing problems. In older homes, a problem that is found pretty often […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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