Pipe Insulation

12/9/2019 (Permalink)

Benefits of Pipe Insulation

Besides keeping your pipes from freezing, proper pipe insulation has many benefits. You can actually improve your home's safety and efficiency.

Pipe insulation goes a long way toward preventing frozen pipes. Pipe insulation can help keep the water in your plumbing system from turning to ice and expanding and in turn bursting the pipes and causing extensive and sometimes expensive damage. But pipe insulation also performs several far less dramatic roles in the home. These not only help the homeowner save money on utility bills, but also make everyday life a little easier.

Minimizing Heat Gain and Loss

Among the unsung benefits of pipe insulation, its ability to minimize heat gain and loss may be the most important. As water travels along the plumbing lines in a home without pipe insulation, hot water tends to lose heat and cold water tends to gain heat. Introduce pipe insulation, and you greatly diminish these otherwise inevitable inefficiencies.

Controlling Condensation
When the surfaces of plumbing pipes are cooler than the surrounding air, insulation helps control the condensation that, if left unchecked, would slowly corrode the pipes and their fittings, eventually leading to a massive failure.

Selecting Your Insulation
There are several types of pipe insulation, each made of different materials and capable of insulating to a different degree.

• Conventional foam insulation
• Self-sealing foam insulation
• Spray foam insulation
• Fiberglass pipe covers

If you have not yet insulated your pipes, we recommend that you do so because of the problems that may arise. In the event you have burst or leaking pipes and need Expert Help in cleaning up the mess, call the Professionals at SERVPRO of Quincy. We can be reached 24/7/365:     217-223-2993

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