On Dec 16, 2007, at 8:42 PM, JAMES STONE wrote:
> I live in a 100 year old house that has hot water radiator heat.
> The pipes
> were originally insulated with asbestos, but this was removed by a
> previous
> owner. The basement is pretty cold and I would like to re-insulate
> the hot
> water pipes, most of which are 2 1/2". Lowes and Home Depot don't
> carry
> pre-formed pipe insulation this large, and wrapping them
> individually with
> pipe wrap would be time consuming and expensive. Does anyone know
> if there is
> a readily available source for foam insulation this large, or an
> inexpensive
> alternative?
You can order the large size fiberglass from a heating supply store,
but it isn't cheap. As for alternatives, we came up with a few last
night at a party. Best was the corrgated cardboard with facing on
only one side, the kind that rolls up easily. Not that we didn't try
very hard :-)
jim
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