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Finally finished my replacement of the galvanized pipes Eigenvector 03-05-2007
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Posted by on March 5, 2007, 12:04 pm



> I'll never run a hot water line again without double insulating it.
>
> What a tremendous waste of water and electricity/gas and comfort!

Nah. The water in the pipe will quickly cool when the flow stops,
even with "double insulation" :-)

Nick


Posted by Deke on March 5, 2007, 12:47 pm


On 5 Mar 2007 12:04:48 -0500, nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu wrote:

>
>> I'll never run a hot water line again without double insulating it.
>>
>> What a tremendous waste of water and electricity/gas and comfort!
>
>Nah. The water in the pipe will quickly cool when the flow stops,
>even with "double insulation" :-)
>
>Nick

Not the case at all. The hot water remains hot for hours in my
remote bath. It is so nice!




Posted by on March 5, 2007, 1:15 pm



>>> I'll never run a hot water line again without double insulating it.
>>>
>>> What a tremendous waste of water and electricity/gas and comfort!
>>
>>Nah. The water in the pipe will quickly cool when the flow stops,
>>even with "double insulation" :-)
>
> Not the case at all. The hot water remains hot for hours in my
>remote bath. It is so nice!

You live on an unusual planet.

Nick


Posted by on March 5, 2007, 1:26 pm


I would support it more often then every 32 inches, but that's just
me.

I am also curious about the double insulation??


Posted by Deke on March 7, 2007, 5:30 pm


On 5 Mar 2007 10:26:49 -0800, scott21230@gmail.com wrote:

>I would support it more often then every 32 inches, but that's just
>me.
>
>I am also curious about the double insulation??

Very simple really,

Use the 4 ft foam insulation sticks from home depot. Then wrap
that with 3 1/2 " fiberglass wall insulation in a spiral, and finally
wrap clear plastic (loosely so as not to over compress the fiberglass)
around that to hold it all together.

Water sitting in the pipe stays hot/warm for hours after a shower.






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