Ouch!

Tony Shupenko

The copper pipes goes into a hallway, then up to the illegal (oops, undocumented) apartment in the attic. I guess this was cut in when the owner wanted to get some extra $$$ by renting out the attic (circa 1920's 2-family box-shaped home in older sections of northern N).

The copper pipe in the hallway is also un-insulated.

I know that the hallway pipe should be insulated, but what about this little section?

Regards,
Tony

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Tony Shupenko

Ouch!



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Tony Shupenko

Ouch!

I saw the attached at a home. Any thoughts on this - should this pipe be insulated (living room location - overall length of pipe is about 16", including all fittings)? Location is a living room.

Regards,
Tony

PS - Nice wood cover for the radiator

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John@Reliable_12

Where to begin...................

About the only good thing from that photo was the handle wasn't broken

EBEBRATT-Ed

Bull headed tee and copper at that. Looks like someone added a radiator on the right.

Can't be pitched right.

ED

Brad White_101

Insulation is

a great way to cover it up. Can the responsible parties be found, if living?

Unknown

can't get

Can't get the picture on my sidekick.... Must be bad as others are saying..

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Insulation is a moot point. After all, that tube/pipe is providing its heat to the conditioned space.

The real problem is the arrangement. Assuming there's another radiator to the right, if either or both are under- or over-performing, there's no solution save proper design and piping. TRVs on both radiators might help, but such is really pushing the limits...

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Unless that hallway is frequently open to the outdoors via an open door, insulating the pipe probably won't do much...

What's the real problem?

Tony Shupenko

I am concerned about burn protection - I do home inspections and noticed toys very close to the pipe (I moved them for the photo), indicating that small children play there.

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Al Corelli

They'll only need to touch it once, to learn never to touch it again.
That's how we learned.
The radiator is right next to the pipe, and it is the same temperature.

Rich_18

COVER

If thats what this is about , box it in , maybe it will look like its supposed to be like that