On 1 Dec 2005 17:38:15 -0800, "RicodJour"
wrote:

wrote:
I started to put insulation on my basement pipes using these foam tubes
with
built in sealing edges. It turns out that a number of my pipes,
especially the hot water
ones, are run directly against wood with no gap. There are sections
that are clear too.
Does it make an sense to just do the clear sections ie does it do any
good or will the
uninsulated sections, now being hotter, just lose more energy. One also
wonders about
the affect of the higher average temperatures on the wood. Is their any
convention
wisdom available on this? Thanks.

Conduction is a much more efficient form of heat transfer than either
convection or radiation. In other words that wood will cool the pipes,
assuming they're hot water pipes, much faster than if they weren't
touching anything.

You may want to pull a strap or two holding them in place and see if
you can move the pipe enough to get the insulation around it.


Is there any kind of standoff hardware, allowing pipes to be
mounted securely to the studs, without being right up
against the stud?
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Thanks,