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DIY Draughtproofing

shellyb73 · 2009-11-05 16:11:28

Hi All, With the cold days coming in I decided to undertake a spot of draughtproofing, this may be a silly question but my gas boiler is in the kitchen, under the boiler unit the pipes go into the walls, there are massive holes for these which is allowing alot of cold air in, can I block up around the pipes? And if I can,…

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05-11-2009 5:11pm

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shellyb73

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Hi All, With the cold days coming in I decided to undertake a spot of draughtproofing, this may be a silly question but my gas boiler is in the kitchen, under the boiler unit the pipes go into the walls, there are massive holes for these which is allowing alot of cold air in, can I block up around the pipes? And if I can, what would you suugest using,
Many thanks for replies.

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#2 05-11-2009 6:03pm
Martron

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as far as i know there is a heat resistant expanding foam .

could do the job nicely. well if finish is not to important but i am sure you could sand it smooth

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