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Best energy practices: Should hot water pipes in interior conditioned wall and floor areas be insulated?

user-1025609 | Posted in Energy Efficiency and Durability on September 21, 2011 05:48am

In particular, pex piping for radiant floor heating needs.

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Martin Holladay | Sep 22, 2011 05:07am | #1
Daniel,
Pipe insulation is a good idea. In some homes with a lot of uninsulated PEX tubing in the basement -- tubing that is part of a hydronic heating system -- the tubing can lose so much heat that the basement overheats.

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