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Removing insulation from steam main
jim_14
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A few years back after reading Dans book I installed fiberglass insulation over my 1 pipe steam main in my basement. The result has been a noticeable drop in temperature (no more extremely hot basement!) in the basement area.
I do have a small studio type apartment that is rented by a nice gentleman and he too has noticed the difference. He recieves his heat from a hot water add on to the boiler.
I was wondering if I removed a small section of the insulation from the pipe that runs thru his apartment so as to expose the bare pipe (lets say 2 or 3 feet) to give off more heat therby increasing the temp in his place everytime I increase the temp in mine. I know from Dans book that bare pipe would act like another rad.
Would this be acceptable and is there any downside to this? We are talking about a 25 foot run of main with maybe 2 or 3 feet of insulation removed.
I do have a small studio type apartment that is rented by a nice gentleman and he too has noticed the difference. He recieves his heat from a hot water add on to the boiler.
I was wondering if I removed a small section of the insulation from the pipe that runs thru his apartment so as to expose the bare pipe (lets say 2 or 3 feet) to give off more heat therby increasing the temp in his place everytime I increase the temp in mine. I know from Dans book that bare pipe would act like another rad.
Would this be acceptable and is there any downside to this? We are talking about a 25 foot run of main with maybe 2 or 3 feet of insulation removed.
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I don't think
you'll notice much of a difference in the way the system performs and it should help warm him up.
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