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Posted by buffalobill on January 7, 2007, 5:18 am
buffalo ny: climate may freeze water pipes if you reduce basement's
waste heat. we have an anti-freeze thermostat running electric water
pipe heaters in winter with the old boiler gone.
oldhouse99 wrote:
> I've got some large pipes in the basement that are about 4-6" in
> diameter. I think they were left over from a previous steam system but
> am not sure. I'm trying to do different things to make the heating
> system more efficient. I'm going to insulate these pipes...but before
> I do I wanted to make sure there wasn't justification to replace them.
> With what a plumber costs per hour I'm almost sure the answer is no,
> but they are rather long runs of piping and I'm basically heating up
> a good deal of "extra" water each time. Anyone else have any
> experience with this? Thanks.
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