FIBERGLASS PIPE INSULATION is now available that features the company’s SSL II positive closure system that makes sections easier to install while delivering a smoother, professional appearance.

Water pipes that are accessible should be wrapped with the appropriate-size neoprene rigid insulation. Accessible soil pipes should be wrapped with a minimum of 1-inch-thick fiberglass insulation.

DENVER. — Fiberglass producer Johns Manville in late March announced plans to build a new pipe insulation manufacturing facility to restore capacity lost in a 2003 plant fire. The facility will allow ...

You can also use regular-faced fiberglass insulation, which is less expensive and has a higher R-value (a measure of the ability to retard heat flow; the higher the number, the better the insulation).

The installation here shows foam insulation, but for a gas-fired boiler or water heater, use unfaced fiberglass pipe wrap, held in place with either foil tape or wire. Finally, measure the diameter.

The expansion will allow Johns Manville to increase the production of its fiberglass pipe insulation products, Micro-Lok® HP and Micro-Lok® HP Ultra. “JM has been part of the Defiance ...