is the foam insulation going to melt?

**frandk** · 01-19-2009, 03:26 PM

I bought a 1958 house with a boiler that has copper pipes in the eves taking the hot water to the upstairs bedrooms for heat. The pipes in the eves had burst before I bought it. I had it repaired. Now it is getting very cold and so I bought the foam insulation at Lowes and crawled through and put it on. The kind with the tape you pull of and seal after covering the copper pipe. The box I pulled the tubes out of said for copper and somthing else. I told my future father in law what i did and he freaked and said it would melt. Do I need to take it off? fran PS I put it on the return pipe too.

**ldmth44** · 01-19-2009, 05:23 PM

Check temperature rating of foam insulation. Some can be used on HW systems with no problem. How hot does the water in pipes get? 140 to 180 degrees?

**spotts** · 01-19-2009, 05:29 PM

I think yer future father in law is freaky or stupid. Read the insulation then report back on it's temp ratings.

**frandk** · 01-19-2009, 07:48 PM

When the plumber fixed the pipe I think he said he set it at 140 or 160 - I just remember him saying he set it so it would not scald me. My kitchen sink is directly below the boiler on the second floor and I can make a cup of hot tea from the tap. Its really hot. fran