In case you didn’t notice, I live and work here.
While it does freeze occasionally (“hard freeze”) here in the middle and lower parts of the State, it sure isn’t an issue with pipes.
If you have hard freezes and an pipe running next to your soffit that is uninsulated, I would never put myself at that risk. Just my opinion.
Thanks for all the info guys, but like other have said I’m in Tampa, and I think the closest I’ve ever seen it get to freezing is maybe 50 degrees lol so I never thought that uninsulated pipes was an issue but definitely something good to keep in mind.
Martin,
I am only reporting what is common and routine in this area.
The vast majority of re-pipes are not at the soffit or eave, but run in the center of the attic. My own home (and my previous home) have plastic pipe in the attic for more than 30 years. One was CPVC, the other is PEX. Neither was insulated at all. ( It makes it easier to find the corroded PEX fittings, BTW.)
Our hard freezes are short lived (happen overnight) and rarely go below 32 for more than a couple of hours. It would appear that the attics stay quite a bit warmer.
I wouldn’t expect this uninsulated plumbing install to work in a normally cold climate, of course.
Draped over everything and not a clamp in sight. If I showed that picture to my plumber buddy, he’d “go off” for at least 5 minutes straight on the job they did.
Yeah, clamps are important. Richard!