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Can steam risers expand within a sleeve of pipe insulation?

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VictoriaQ
VictoriaQ Member Posts: 2
in Strictly Steam
The pipe insulation sleeves are denser than i thought. Is it okay if the pipe insulation sleeve fits snugly between a steam riser and the adjacent wall? Will the steam riser still be able to expand as it needs to within the sleeve of insulation or should there be a gap between the sleeve of insulation and the wall?

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 23,323
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    No to worry. The pipe will expand very happily -- the fit of the insulation is nowhere near good enough to prevent that!
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Member Posts: 5,704
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    And the pipes don't expand measurably in that direction
    NJ Steam Homeowner. See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el
  • VictoriaQ
    VictoriaQ Member Posts: 2
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    Thanks so much!

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