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My 100 year old house has a leak and draws cold air into a corner that is surounded by highly finished mateials and pipes. Pipes that freeze when it is very cold outside. If I open my front door the draft stops so I thought to put a polypropolene 6" pipe into the house to supply air where there are not any pipes. To test this I opened a window 1"x26" and it helped but not enough. The temp was 22 degrees. Do you know of an insulation that is very liquid and with a pressure that can be sprayed into the area. Or another fix?

Submitted: 312 days and 9 hours ago.

Category: HVAC

Value: $15

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Posted by Rick Mather 312 days and 5 hours ago.

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Can you pack fiber glass around that area that has that draft problem on the pipes this way if something does go wrong you can easyly take the insulation off the spray on would not allow this but would work also

312 days and 4 hours ago.

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I've had this problem for 20 years and I did pack fiberglass. But the Area is so hard to get to without tearing the tile off the shower cieling. The fiberglass did not get the faraway pipes thus isolating them from any heat.

I may be able to get to the outside walls by drilling a hole in the kitchen floor above and maybe in a cabinet, where it would not be noticed. thats why foam is attractive.

I'm afraid that the foam will not travel far enough before it expands and stops. Do you know of a more fluid high pressure product?

Posted by Rick Mather 312 days and 4 hours ago.

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Unless you can have insulation contractor blow it in I see that it not easy to get at

312 days and 3 hours ago.

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I was hoping that you could tell what product to use and that would help me find the right contractor. If not, so be it.

Posted by Rick Mather 312 days and 3 hours ago.

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I don't where you live with just answer's limited info on you so it would be hard for me to recommend a contractor or just just one product over another. I my self like options

311 days and 3 hours ago.

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Not very helpful, I'm dissapointed. But I'll accept.

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I'm sorry but your is not cut and dry answer but thank you

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Answered:	1/16/2009

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Can you pack fiber glass around that area that has that draft problem on the pipes this way if something does go wrong you can easyly take the insulation off the spray on would not allow this but would work also

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Unless you can have insulation contractor blow it in I see that it not easy to get at

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I was hoping that you could tell what product to use and that would help me find the right contractor. If not, so be it.

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I don't where you live with just answer's limited info on you so it would be hard for me to recommend a contractor or just just one product over another. I my self like options

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Not very helpful, I'm dissapointed. But I'll accept.

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I'm sorry but your is not cut and dry answer but thank you

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