Saw the daftest thing today, insulation on radiator pipes between the floor and the radiator. What do they hope to achieve by this?
Insulated radiator pipes
Aug 05, 2014
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Oh, maybe it looks nice? I suspect its just the end of the bit under the floor perhaps?
Brian
To stop the kids from banging sharp toys (cars, etc) into them. DAMHIKT
Sharp enough to break a pipe? What kind of toys do you give your kids?
What's that mean?
It didn't.
No, it was seperate bits of foam.
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Owain
It hides the earth wires on local council contracts.
Owain
It stops the mice from burning themselves when they run into the pipes.
But asking shows that it was an excessive acronym usage.
I remove unsightly earth wires. They are unnecessary as the earth/neutral comes in through the main cable into the house.
On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:10:04 +0100, Nightjar
"Uncle Peter" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@red.lan:
They are "Bonding" to ensure everything is at the same potential.
UnclePeter likes to troll.
Or he really is a dangerous bastard.
Either way, best ignored....
AMIIGAF
Don't feed the trolls....
Our 9 month old granddaughter got a badly blistered leg when she crawled up against a hot radiator pipe. They now have some insulation round the pipes.
But the radiator is the same temperature as the pipe.
She probably don't levitate 12" off the ground when crawling...
A radiator isn't meant to be that hot, try turning down the stat on your boiler. If you can scald yourself on a radiator, you could melt something and cause a fire.
Rubbish. Anything above 43C can cause burns, hence the use of low surface temperature radiators for places like nursing homes.
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