IZOCAM Warns Against Risk of Freezing

İzocam warns citizens against freezing risk in water meters and piping systems. Insulation is essential both to prevent water meter and pipe bursts that frequently occur during cold winter months and to achieve energy savings exceeding 50 percent. As we enter the winter months, air temperatures in many provinces have begun dropping below freezing. İzocam has warned citizens against freezing risks that may occur in water meters and piping systems as the effects of cold intensify. In current conditions, insulating water piping with İzocam products protects water meters and pipes from damage while delivering energy savings exceeding 50 percent. As winter temperatures drop below freezing, freeze-related pipe and water meter bursts—which occur frequently—cause hundreds of water meters to fail each year, while burst water pipes lead to damage and water losses. Exposed water pipes and meters freeze, pipes sustain damage, and meters burst. İzocam warns everyone that burst damage resulting from freezing can be prevented through insulation of water pipes and meters. Pipe diameter, external ambient temperature, and insulation thickness exert direct effects on pipes and meters. As insulation thickness increases, resistance to freezing rises and the freezing time of stagnant water extends. İzocam Valve Jacket, which is easy to apply, prevents water meter bursts. This special insulation jacket, with a silicon glass fabric outer surface manufactured specifically for valves, provides thermal insulation solutions for all valves (piston, ball, butterfly valves, etc.) and strainers produced to DIN, ANSI, and API standards in closed or open environments, and prevents freezing. İzocam Optiflex Pipe readily addresses this problem that can occur in any piping element containing stagnant water that freezes. Manufactured from polyethylene and available uncoated or aluminum foil-wrapped, İzocam Optiflex Pipe provides insulation solutions for pipes against sweating or freezing.

Delivers energy savings exceeding 50 percent

Insulating water piping addresses rising energy costs that strain all segments from individual users to tradespeople and industrial operators. İzocam emphasizes that insulation of heating and cooling piping systems in buildings enables rapid achievement of desired temperatures and comfort conditions, maintains temperature for extended periods, and delivers energy savings exceeding 50 percent. In buildings with insulated piping systems, hot water distributed from the heating boiler through pipes during winter months, for example, retains its temperature and therefore its energy as it reaches apartments. Otherwise, water temperature in the pipes drops as it reaches the apartment, the apartment heats slowly, and because water in the return pipe cools further, the boiler must expend more fuel (energy) to reheat it. When water temperature in pipes drops below a certain level, boiler efficiency decreases. Temperature preservation of water flowing through pipes is achieved only through insulation. İzocam Prefabricated Glass Wool Pipe, manufactured from glass wool for hot water piping and indoor applications, enables achievement of desired energy efficiency.