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		Retric 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Attacking My Landlord's Boiler > A 160°F pipe will lose more heat to the part of the building that I don’t want to heat as well as more heat to the wall right behind the radiators. You’ve got the first part of that backwards, it’s the walls near your radiators that are your problem and need more insulation.

sokoloff 8 months ago [–]

Indeed the building is 100 years old and impractical to retrofit insulation in any cost-efficient way (structural brick, lathe and plaster walls with about 1” of air space in the original parts of the building).

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