If you know anything at all about pipe insulation, you know that it goes a long way toward preventing frozen pipes. That's true: Pipe insulation keeps the water in your plumbing system from turning to ...

With cold weather in the forecast, how are your pipes impacted and what can be done to prevent your pipes from bursting? Here ...

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Armacell now offers AP Armaflex® pipe insulation for large pipe applications. The new sizes answer the demand for larger tubes, eliminating the need to piece sheet or roll material around large 8- and ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The fallout from last week's winter storm is shining light on glaring problems, some of those inside your own home. Burst pipes and ruined homes. It is a story unfolding ...

Select a method for thawing such as applying towels soaked in hot water or using a heating pad or blow dryer. Work from the ...

One of the most cost-effective and energy-conserving measures you can take is to insulate duct or pipe runs in the unheated areas of your home. By not insulating these conduits, you are essentially ...

Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Dear Pablo: I had a home energy audit done and they recommended ...

Once again we are approaching winter. In many parts of the country, flooding rains have occurred and in some areas snow already has fallen. This is the time of the year when we begin to think about ...

So, I live in an old brownstone in Brooklyn, and it has steam heat and one thermostat for all 8 apartments. The building is four stories - 2 apartments per floor - long skinny apartments reaching ...