I checked the prices of foil bag house isolation recently in stores and found them rather pricey.
I was thinking of stuffing newspapers in plastic bags and taping it in the inside of the house on cold walls in order to isolate my home that way. Did anybody of you do that in the past? Did it work? Did you had an effective defense against freezing pipes?
How about the toilet tank? Any ideas to protect it from freezing?
> I was thinking of stuffing newspapers in plastic bags and taping it in > the inside of the house on cold walls in order to isolate my home that > way. Did anybody of you do that in the past? Did it work? Did you had > an effective defense against freezing pipes?
There is heat tape which gets wrapped around your lines and when plugged in keeps your pipes from freezing.
On Oct 10, 10:11 am, GeneCook2...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I checked the prices of foil bag house isolation recently in stores > and found them rather pricey.
> I was thinking of stuffing newspapers in plastic bags and taping it in > the inside of the house on cold walls in order to isolate my home that > way. Did anybody of you do that in the past? Did it work? Did you had > an effective defense against freezing pipes?
> How about the toilet tank? Any ideas to protect it from freezing?
> Thanks in advance,
> Gene
You really need to say more about what areas you are trying to insulate. Also, what is the temperature zone and how much heat is there normally for living purposes? For example, if there is no heat at all in a freezing zone, water will eventually freeze. You will need something active like the heat tape. If you are just taking about insulation in general, the price of cellulose insulation is quite cheap. That product is treated with fire retardant and mildew protection and so on. You would be better off to use such a product even if you needed to place that in bags to secure it rather than used newspaper, which it is made from. You might be more successful by adding more detail and posting it on one of the home repair groups.
In article <56ca52d1-4e97-4dcc-8968-6a65c6af7...@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, Ron Peterson <r...@shell.core.com> wrote:
> On Oct 10, 9:11 am, GeneCook2...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I was thinking of stuffing newspapers in plastic bags and taping it in > > the inside of the house on cold walls in order to isolate my home that > > way. Did anybody of you do that in the past? Did it work? Did you had > > an effective defense against freezing pipes?
> There is heat tape which gets wrapped around your lines and when > plugged in keeps your pipes from freezing.
> -- > Ron
did you know the hot water pipes freeze first? -- Money; What a concept !
> I checked the prices of foil bag house isolation recently in stores > and found them rather pricey.
> I was thinking of stuffing newspapers in plastic bags and taping it in > the inside of the house on cold walls in order to isolate my home that > way. Did anybody of you do that in the past? Did it work? Did you had > an effective defense against freezing pipes?
> How about the toilet tank? Any ideas to protect it from freezing?
> Thanks in advance,
> Gene
Cardboard is as cheap as wall insulation gets. More than one layer is better of course. For greater levels of insulation, empty 2" deep boxes (eg biscuits, dry catfood etc) can be stuck to the wall and plasterboarded over to create an insulating cavity.
On Oct 15, 7:51 am, "A \"That One\"" <georgewks...@humboldt1.com> wrote:
> did you know the hot water pipes freeze first?
I am aware that a given volume of boiling water will freeze faster than the same volume of cold water. This is due to the density difference being great enough that there is substantially less mass of hot water in that volume, and it will cool down more quickly.
However, hot water pipes? If the water shrinks as it cools, more water is pulled into the pipes from the rest of the system (assuming the pipes don't have air bubbles in them). So the mass in a given length of pipe would increase as the water cools.
websu...@cox.net wrote: >On Oct 15, 7:51 am, "A \"That One\"" <georgewks...@humboldt1.com> >wrote:
>>did you know the hot water pipes freeze first?
>I am aware that a given volume of boiling water will freeze faster >than the same volume of cold water. This is due to the density >difference being great enough that there is substantially less mass of >hot water in that volume, and it will cool down more quickly.
>However, hot water pipes? If the water shrinks as it cools, more >water is pulled into the pipes from the rest of the system (assuming >the pipes don't have air bubbles in them). So the mass in a given >length of pipe would increase as the water cools.
>Are you confused, or am I missing something?
Hot water will freeze at a faster rate, but it takes longer to freeze. (rate being degrees-to-cool / time)
