Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Why You Should Get Pipe Insulation Chicago

By Anna Roberts


All buildings have pipes running through and even under them. These deliver clean water to the people living there, and take out the waste water to the sewer systems. Most people have a heater to warm their bath water, and the ducts that connect the heater to the shower need to be taken care of. This is where pipe insulation Chicago comes in. Before you get a plumber to come in and handle this task for you, you should know why it is necessary.

Insulation lowers the amount of heat lost to the environment. When you have exposed pipes running through the house, you are guaranteed that the water that will flow from the tap will be a few degrees lower than it was, at the boiler. This will even be worse in places with very low temperatures. This padding will not heat the water, but it will slow down the loss of heat.

Every once in a while it is important to get an energy audit done in your building. This will tell you how much heat energy you are using in the house. For most people, their furnaces and boilers are responsible for the high energy bills. Therefore, simply padding your pipes will allow you to reduce the setting on the heater. This will, therefore, mean less energy consumption and lower bills.

When the temperature in the area surrounding your plumbing is below freezing point, the H2O will freeze. This interrupts the flow to your home, and when it happens continuously over an extended period, it will affect the life of your plumbing. When you wrap some form of padding around these ducts, it will lengthen the amount of time needed for freezing to occur, thereby lowering the possibility of it even happening.

To connect your home to the main water source, you will need to have some piping running underground. In this case, you have to protect these pipes from getting corroded or rusting, and this should be done in a way, that does not compromise the quality of H2O you receive. Therefore, you need to get them insulated.

It will prevent the formation of condensation on the piping. The difference in the temperature of the water in the ducts, and the surrounding area could cause some vapor to solidify, and settle on the pipes. This can slowly corrode the plumbing. Having a layer of insulating material will act as a barrier, preventing the moisture from getting to the tube.

There is also a matter of safety and comfort. The contraction and expansion of water in the plumbing can sometimes be noisy, and using insulation tends to muffle that sound. Sometimes the fluid running through these ducts is at extremely high temperatures and to prevent accidents, it is better to have something covering the pipes.

There is a broad range of materials available for this task ranging from the common ones like fiber glass to the rare ones like aerogel. If you know what you are doing, you can easily make this part of your home renovation projects, as it will be a lot cheaper than hiring a plumber.




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