Sweating hot water pipes : Mon Sep 23, 2013 11:42 am  

How would I go about stopping the said pipes from sweating and leaving droplets of water on the surfaces under the sink please ? I had thought that there was a leak but there isn't one. The strange thing is that this occurance only occurs in the morning after the hot water has been used.

Thank you.

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:33 pm  

I'm no plumber but -

isn't this just condensation of cool air against hot pipes, and would be solved if you just insulated the pipes ?

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:15 pm  

shinymcshine wrote:

I'm no plumber but -

isn't this just condensation of cool air against hot pipes, and would be solved if you just insulated the pipes ?

That doesn't sound right to me.
Isn't condensation caused by cooling?
i.e. Where warm air condenses on cool pipes?

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:16 pm  

Spray some anti perspirant on them.

That'll sort it.

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:27 pm  

So if it's not water vapour from ambient air causing the issue it's either a leak or mice with super soakers I guess.

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:59 am  

Sounds like a leak.

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:09 am  

V6Chuk wrote:

Sounds like a leak.

Cannot find one on the pipes anywhere and it was fine when I last used it.

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:27 am  

If it's hidden pipe work just use foam on the pipes, if it's exposed you could try lighlty greasing (vaseline sp) or applying tape (speak to a plumber for the correct type) to the taps.

Pretty hard to stop something that naturally occurs though

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:22 am  

Horatio Yed wrote:

If it's hidden pipe work just use foam on the pipes, if it's exposed you could try lighlty greasing (vaseline sp) or applying tape (speak to a plumber for the correct type) to the taps.

Pretty hard to stop something that naturally occurs though

Very true but bloody annoying.

Re: Sweating hot water pipes : Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:37 am  

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