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Insulation needed on boiler pipes in garage?

stevel87125
stevel87125 Member Posts: 7
edited October 2023 in Oil Heating
We just moved into a house in NJ. The pretty new Peerless oil boiler is in an attached unheated garage. The house is on a slab. My previous NY house had the oil boiler in the basement.
Would it benefit my wallet to put Insulation around any heated pipes by the boiler? Or it doesn't matter as all water is being cooled Though the slab.

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  • MaxMercy
    MaxMercy Member Posts: 518
    Any pipe that allows transfer of heat to the unheated garage is heat (mostly) wasted. Insulate all exposed piping, and be careful that your unheated garage doesn't get below freezing lest you split pipes.

    Most attached garages with insulated garage doors don't get to freezing because they pick up some heat from the house walls at the attached point.


  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 5,249
    Make damn sure that garage stays ABOVE freezing all winter long

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