Re: Secondary Form Material?

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi David,

Try asking the construction crew about what it is and where to get it.

David E Weiss


 > Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi all,
 >
 > They are building new houses in my neighborhood and this
 > afternoon my son and I walked into one of the new houses
 > that was partially complete to see the general floorplan.
 > While looking at the covered patio in the back, I noticed
 > a scrap 18" piece of appr. 10" diameter pipe of some sort of
 > plastic. The walls were around 3/8" thick and it looked si-
 > milar to, but not exactly like PVC. I was wondering what
 > it had been used for and then as I looked up I saw what
 > it was used for. The decorative pillars that supported the
 > overhead roof of the patio covering were made of this
 > plastic or fibergalss pipe. That got me to wondering if this
 > would make a suitable secondary form material for a large coil.
 > I'm not sure what it would be called but I suppose it would be
 > available at a builder's or construction material supply. I've seen
 > decorative pillars considerably larger than the 10" ones that
 > I saw today so it would seem that this could be a possible
 > source of secondary coil material. Anyone know exactly
 > what this is and if it would suitable as far as insulation
 > properties are concerned for a secondary coil form?
 >
 > Thanks,
 > David Rieben
 >
 >
 >