Just bought a 100 yr old house in the northeast. the house was used as a summer vacation home, and shut down in the winter. It is built on a stone foundation, with a cinderblock crawl space under the kitchen. I put a 15ft heat tape (previously used in crawl space) on the two pipes, encased them in pipe insulation foam, then boxes the pipes, with insulation above and around. Yesterday cold water pipe froze.(outside temp 2, temp in crawl space
24) I turned on power to heat tape, and was surprized this morning to find the temp of the cold water about 100 degrees. Is this normal for heat tape. Should I be regulating the tape to limit heat. Does this seem safe from a fire hazard standpoint?- posted
19 years ago