Lots Of Pipes Hang Down Under Floor Joists Basement

I need to do this with both gas black iron and domestic water copper pipe.

Lots of pipes hang down under floor joists basement.

I figured i can just use a hole saw and make a notch in the joist for the pipe to sit and cover it with metal plate to prevent puncture. So the otherwise flat ceiling has an 18 foot long section where the drywall is an inch lower than the surrounding drywall. Step 4 cut the holes. I want to finish my basement with a drywall ceiling.

This ensures a constant slope and it makes for a very rigid installation. But they were run under the joists instead of through them as would be required by code for electrical wires. The way this works bruce takes his plumbers tape and attaches it to a joist runs the tape down through the piece of pipe standoff then around the drain line and back up through the standoff. Step 3 understand the joist slopes.

The holes will have to follow a straight line that goes across the floor and has to either go up or go down so the pipe has a slope. Problem is that the current pipe all has a slope to it. When you run your pipes through a joist you will have to be careful with your work. I would like to install pipe parallel to the floor joists in my basement and then conceal it behind drywall.

If joists are 16 inches on center and pipes run across them at a right angle holes should differ in height by about 3 8 inch. I m tempted to use simple copper straps to affix the pipes to the joists themselves. The slope should be about 1 4 for each foot of pipe. Problem is that all of the hot water heat pipes hang below the joist and perpendicular to the joists.

The lower section is about 8 wide to accomodate the two pipes.