If you know anything at all about pipe insulation, you know that it goes a long way toward preventing frozen pipes. That's true: Pipe insulation keeps the water in your plumbing system from turning to ...

Armacell now offers AP Armaflex® pipe insulation for large pipe applications. The new sizes answer the demand for larger tubes, eliminating the need to piece sheet or roll material around large 8- and ...

Insulating water heaters and pipes in not only the winter but all-year-round has is useful in terms of efficiency, confirmed Jud Firestone, the owner of Firestone Plumbing, Bern Township. “Newer water ...

HOME experts are offering their best advice on how to protect your home during the winter to avoid costly mistakes. Experts ...

One of the most cost-effective and energy-conserving measures you can take is to insulate duct or pipe runs in the unheated areas of your home. By not insulating these conduits, you are essentially ...

One of the major concerns homeowners have during winter is frozen pipes. When winter sets in in Colorado, it not only causes temperatures to plummet, but it also threatens to freeze water pipes, ...

IRVING, TX — A new technical document that addresses techniques for the safe and proper use of spray polyurethane foam insulation on and around plastic pressure pipe materials has been published by ...

HOMEOWNERS face paying expensive repair bills if their pipes freeze over or bust in the winter – but thankfully there’s a cheap way to help prevent damage before it’s too late. According to the ...

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When temperatures plunge, you probably hear the same argument on repeat: should you let your faucets drip or not. The online ...

So, I live in an old brownstone in Brooklyn, and it has steam heat and one thermostat for all 8 apartments. The building is four stories - 2 apartments per floor - long skinny apartments reaching ...

Q: We have a fairly new gas furnace, maybe 6 or 8 years old. The pipes that return air to the furnace (cold air returns?) are located in the attic and crawlspace. They are round pipes made of sheet ...