Pipe lagging

This topic has 14 replies, 10 voices, and was last updated 5 April 2022 at 17:48 by Fowlers Fury.

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4 April 2022 at 18:47 #592895
Garry Coles
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Hi, I want to lag some of the 3/16 copper pipe coming out of my stand alone boiler, and was wondering what sort of material you guys use. Any ideas please.

Thanks

Garry in SUNNY jersey !!
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4 April 2022 at 18:47 #28653
Garry Coles
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4 April 2022 at 18:49 #592898
Jon Lawes
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I followed Keith Appleton's advice of string initially held in place with cycanoacrylate, then painted with white (or off-white) enamel. Seems ok.
4 April 2022 at 19:30 #592903
Jon Lawes
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For some reason I can't edit my post to remove the rogue apostrophe….
4 April 2022 at 22:32 #592921
bernard towers
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My Steam boat boiler lagging was done by soaking soft string in plaster of Paris and winding it round the pipes. its been in place for over 15 years!.
5 April 2022 at 06:59 #592936
Garry Coles
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Thanks, have now got a few ideas on what to use.
5 April 2022 at 07:15 #592937
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Jon Lawes on 04/04/2022 19:30:25:

For some reason I can't edit my post to remove the rogue apostrophe….

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We are only permitted a short window of time in which to perform edits.

I must ask though: What is ‘rogue’ about your apostrophe ?

MichaelG.
5 April 2022 at 08:50 #592945
Anthony Knights
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Posted by Michael Gilligan on 05/04/2022 07:15:54:

Posted by Jon Lawes on 04/04/2022 19:30:25:

For some reason I can't edit my post to remove the rogue apostrophe….

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We are only permitted a short window of time in which to perform edits.

I must ask though: What is ‘rogue’ about your apostrophe ?

MichaelG.

Comma not required between "boiler and". Also possibly full stop instead of comma after "Hi"
5 April 2022 at 08:55 #592947
Michael Gilligan
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What relevance does that have to my question, Anthony ?

MichaelG.
5 April 2022 at 10:43 #592983
Hopper
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Carry on. The world could use less grammar Nazis.
5 April 2022 at 11:59 #593000
Nigel Bennett
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Fewer grammar Nazis…. LOL
5 April 2022 at 13:35 #593017
Bill Davies 2
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We're taking it all too seriously… I think Michael is referring to the (acceptable) apostrophe, whereas Anthony now refers to a comma (which, for me, also works well, as a pause). Michael loves his pedantry, and I enjoy it too.

Bill
5 April 2022 at 15:35 #593030
Jon Lawes
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I was having a brain fart. I was thinking I'd used it incorrectly as a contraction (as in "Keith Appleton is&quot but obviously it had been used correctly all along. I've no idea why my scant knowledge of grammar decided to desert me completely.
5 April 2022 at 17:31 #593061
John Purdy
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Gary

I have used thick bucher's cord (cotton string about .070" in dia. ) wrapped around the pipe, ends held in place with a drop of CA glue, and painted with flat white acrylic paint. Looks quite prototypical. You can see it on my Clarkson's compound mill engine picture.

John
5 April 2022 at 17:48 #593063
Fowlers Fury
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Before you fit the nut or flange on one end of the pipe, one way to lag is to buy white (sports) shoe laces of appropriate width. Cut off the aglets and pull the lace over the pipe. Bind the ends of the laces onto the pipe with a little brass wire. Always worth drinking a bottle or two of good Rioja just to get the brass wire : – )
The woven fabric looks OK but for more authentic "asbestos" effect, paint the length of shoe lace with a watery mix of Polyfilla.
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