Wrap sandpaper around scraps of foam pipe insulation to sand medium-size coves. For large concave surfaces, use scraps of foam swimming noodles. These are easy to cut with a bread knife.

Wrap fiberglass tape pipe insulation around the hot water supply pipe coming out of the water heater. Extend it up about 10 inches. Wrap it with foil tape. 2. Bend Insulation Around Turns.

Wrap exposed pipes with insulating materials; Cover outside vents of crawl spaces; Close garage doors if a home has a slab foundation because some pipes are under concrete floors in the garage ...

A new wrap-around device, however, uses that same pipe-heat to generate electricity. We've already heard about hoses that get wrapped around existing hot water pipes, using heat radiated from the ...