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Posted by Oscar_Lives on February 13, 2007, 6:50 pm
> Hi,
>
> my gas furnace sits in the laundry room in the basement and there is a
> lot of heat that comes off the pipe the sends the hot air up into the
> house. I went to HD and asked about wrapping some form of insulation
> around the pipe. I was first told to use batting wrapped in plastic.
> Thought this was not going to work given the amount of heat that comes
> off the pipe. Of course I wasted money on that after seeing the
> batting turn brown and fall off the pipe (had it taped on with heat
> resistent tape). Went back and someone else provided me with a foil
> wrap that sandwiches bubble wrap - I think it had an R rating of 4.
> Went on easily but as soon as the furnace kicked on, the bubble wrap
> shrunk and is now just a piece of foil wrapped around the piping. Im
> starting to think this isnt meant to be. I have only found stuff
> online that talks about insulating the heating ducts but nothing that
> provides any info on insulating the actual pipe that comes out of the
> top of the furnace. Is there such a thing?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Traveller
Call a pro before you blow yourself up (or burn yourself down).
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