Aluminium covered pipe insulation

[MOSSEP]

Where do you guys source the aluminium / silvery looking pipe insulation from that you see in commercial jobs? My wholesalers seems to struggle when I mention it.

 

[AWheating]

Ask ray stafford.

If he can't get you some try kitsons thermal.

 

[Worcester]

BSS on the shelf for us.

 

[Ermintrude]

Kingspan cooltherm? Need some 50mm silver tape aswell. BSS or crosslings

 

[snowhead]

Do you mean the aluminium foil covered insulation or the insulation that is then covered in dimpled aluminium sheet?

 

[MOSSEP]

dimpled ali sheet.

 

[snowhead]

dimpled ali sheet.

You can't buy it formed.
It's produced by Thermal insulation contractors for thier own use.

You may be able to buy the flat dimpled sheet from a Non ferrous metal supplier, but you'll need all the formers to bend it and make the junction pieces.
Also you'll need the end trim pieces.

It's quicker/ cheaper to get someone in to do it.

 

[MOSSEP]

Thanks mate, didn't realise that.

Have a small job in a plant room and the new pipework needs to match the existing lagging.

 

[Ermintrude]

In the plant room, we just use foil stuff. Ali is external for us

 

[snowhead]

Ali is external for us

All the plantrooms I see used to have Dimpled covering, but as upgrades happen nowadays it's all foil internally and butyl covered externally, except where it needs access.

 

[Ermintrude]

Chilled water is shyster, the chillers and external stuff always looks a mess. The plastic wrap is good as birds can't peck it to death and it's a bit more durable than naked armouflex. Most of the "plant" rooms are like toys compared to some of the stuff others play with 90 - 200kw so a massive room with a sissy boiler in corner or a few domestic units out of wall!

 

[missplumb]

we use isover insolation - from bss, if its bigger jobs (non sissy 2Mw - Erm) we tin plate aswell and insulated bags over valves.

 

[justalex81]

Isogenopak Rigid Jacketing

There you go mate. I've used this supplier before. you cut it and form it yourself but everyrthing you need is there.

 

[Ermintrude]

Doing your own lagging ouch!

 

[justalex81]

easiest money i've ever made! it helps if your clients include universities, councils and large FM companies :wink_smile:

 

[Ermintrude]

Used to use subby. It's like tiling... Pipework can be amazing and function better than spec but crack handed lagging makes it look DIY

 

[justalex81]

all that's needed is a bit of patience and a mitre box.