My sister-in-law's new house has a basement guest room that backs onto the equipment room. The gas hot water heater (domestic + radiant heat) is located up against the wall that separates the two rooms. When the HW tank cycles, the vibration/noise is transmitted to the guestroom wall via the PEX hanging on the studwork and the supports for the copper pipes coming out of the top of the tank (also attached to the studwork - no drywall on the equipment room side of the wall)
This makes a heck of a racket. I want to isolate the vibration from the partition wall as much as possible.
a) do I have to stick with the J clamp mounts for the PEX or can I use something with some flex to it (loop of copper strapping, say)? b) how much support does the copper rat's nest on top of the HW heater need? With my home tank, the copper is tied to the tank by the fittings, then to the overhead joists. There is no intermediate support to the vertical wall.
I'd post a picture if I could remember how/where to do it.
Jurisdiction is Ontario in case there are any building code experts in the audience.
Thanks, Chris