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| 2010 Progress |
after the party i will be heading to the house this evening. need to finish the pipe wrapping in the basement. last weekend i installed the heat tape, but the insulation required to wrap it with was next to impossible to wrap around the pipe as there wasn't sufficient clearance behind the pipe. the pipe follows the basement wall up to the ceiling level with only about 3 inches of clearance around it. i've devised a plan to wrap the pipe by encasing it with two separate pieces of insulation covering the top & bottom and then stapling the pieces together along the length on two sides to close.
thanksgiving holiday weekend. arrive to the house early friday morning. spent friday putzing around the house, finished decorating the christmas tree, cleaned house. insulated pipes in the basement w/the foam tubing. didn't have enough to do entirely so will get some more on saturday trip to lowe's.
27-nov. my friend lee from south bend came to help me with the house for the day. we started with a trip to lowe's. picked up more foam tube pipe insulation, also exchanged 30 foot heat tape for 18 foot (which turned out to be EXACTLY the size neeed). also bought insulating kits for windows & doors. several windows don't have storm windows & need sealed for the winter.
saturday night ordered pizza from JJ's pizza shack (i have to say, their "kitchen sink" pizza was one of the most delicious i've ever tasted). after eating we proceeded to tackle the insulating projects at hand. windows were a snap, but the front door frame was too narrow so couldn't insulate the gap (which being so narrow isn't in as great a need of insulating anyway). lee helped me install the heat tape on the main line & we attempted wrapping it as well (when we ran into the trouble noted above).
