Why Do They Put All Of That Foam Packaging On New Cylinders?

[Terrywookfit]

The current blue foam is applied at the factory to the cylinder to reduce the heat loss.

It should be left on the cylinder when its installed.

No $hit Sherlock

 

[nickso]

The current blue foam is applied at the factory to the cylinder to reduce the heat loss.

It should be left on the cylinder when its installed.

No $hit Sherlock

say its not true, i've been cutting it off to get it in the cupboard easier.

 

[Alfredo]

C'mon Agile, give a full answer.

Should the foam be on the outside or the inside of the cylinder once the job is done. Does one need a jug to carry the H.W. from the cylinder to the bath. Should the cylinder really be sited in the middle of the bedroom floor so the customer can admire it?

We need your experience NOW to answer these fundamental (with the emphasis on mental... ) questions.

Alfredo

 

[Steve69the69Gas]

Sound of large aeroplane going over Tony's head

 

[seniorservice]

The current blue foam is applied at the factory to the cylinder to reduce the heat loss.

It should be left on the cylinder when its installed.

That's one of the reasons that we were glad to see the foam gone. My wife didn't like the blue. I have put our red cylinder jacket on it, which her late father gave to us.

 

[Axel]

Ok, ok, but has anyone ever mistakenly started to remove the polystyrene from the outside of a concealed cistern?

 

[Gasman77]

He is just such a gimp its unreal!

 

[ajrtd]

The current blue foam is applied at the factory to the cylinder to reduce the heat loss.

It should be left on the cylinder when its installed.

Is the same true for the green and yellow foam

 

[Onetap]

I once worked for a local authority that wouldn't allow any polyurethane foam in its buildings, because of the toxic fumes that were emitted when it was burnt. Any pre-insulated cylinders that were installed ( by contractors who hadn't bothered to read the specification) had to be removed or scraped clean. A cylinder with fibre-glass insulation jacket had to be installed.

I then left and worked for a house building company who were installing stick-on polyurethane foam tudor beams in the kitchens of their 'executive' homes. It sold houses, apparently.