Using a small piece of rockwool for pipe insulation. Is it safe? | Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board | Plumbers Forums

  • Welcome to PlumbersTalk.net

    Welcome to Plumbers' Talk | The new domain for UKPF / Plumbers Forums. Login with your existing details they should all work fine. Please checkout the PT Updates Forum

Welcome to the forum. Although you can post in any forum, the USA forum is here in case of local regs or laws

American Visitor?

Hey friend, we're detecting that you're an American visitor and want to thank you for coming to PlumbersTalk.net - Here is a link to the American Plumbing Forum. Though if you post in any other forum from your computer / phone it'll be marked with a little american flag so that other users can help from your neck of the woods. We hope this helps. And thanks once again.

Using a small piece of rockwool for pipe insulation. Is it safe?

Post thread
Post reply

Discuss Using a small piece of rockwool for pipe insulation. Is it safe? in the Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board area at Plumbers Forums

D

Distrossss

Messages
5
Good morning. First of all I say that I am not a professional plumber or anything like that,.I made a lid (a cover cnc aluminum) that I glued with a 5 cm
POLYSTYRENE and attached it with screws at the gas boiler for insulation and protection from frost . I bought a piece of rock wool that I put at the bottom where the water pipes are and i covered the bottom of the boiler. The top i did not cover it.
My point is because I put the piece of rock wool later I found that is harmful to health. They told me that in a long and prolonged exposure to dust there is an issue. We are talking about a piece of 50 to 60 points equally covering the tubes and the lower part as a blanket. There is a matter of health or a problem for the boiler? Anytime soon i will have a baby so i don't want anything to harm . The boiler is at the back balcony of the house.
Thanks in advance.
 
Picture tells a thousand stories my friend don’t really get what you’re talking about
 
USER_SCOPED_TEMP_DATA_MSGR_PHOTO_FOR_UPLOAD_1545644787599.jpg_1545644790615.jpeg

The picture is before I install the rockwool .
 
Wow
What boiler is it??
Is that case removable??
Where in the world are you??
I’d be saying that’s a disaster of an install
 
Can’t really comment mate. We know UK gas legislation but over there could be and looks like it is a totally different ball game. That would be condemned over here
 
Don’t know mate as your pic is pre rock wool. I’d be saying as it’s outside then no problem
 
Better off using space blanket

As if rock insulation gets wet it stays wet
 
Back
Top