Thermal insulation

Roxul RXL80 Rockwool Sample, scanned at 1600dpi against the grain

Roxul RXL80 Rockwool Sample, scanned at 1600dpi with the grain

Fancoil unit firestop with fibreglass insulated copper pipes in a highrise building in Mississauga, ON, Canada.

Rockwool pipe insulation being applied to a steel pipe in preparation for a fire test for a firestop system using firestop mortar. The subsequent test achieved a 2 hour rating.

Foamglass pipe covering used in successful 2 hour ULC firestop fire test

Air conditioner with piping covered by foamed rubber refrigeration insulation.

Fire test construction showing fibreglass insulated pipe with foil scrim kraft facing, subsequently choked off by intumescent wrap strip FS195.

House Insulation

Refrigeration insulation used around copper piping inside marine firestop, BC Superferries, 1992

Double insulation symbol

Thermal insulation used in a car firewall to separate the car interior from the engine, in case of an accidental fire.

Huygens spacecraft insulation

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Huygens' rear end.

Hallway insulation (rockwool) in a highrise apartment building in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Stud cavity insulation made of rockwool, with firestop.

Spacecraft insulation came off the tank.

How to say Insulation.

Exterior wall insulation.

Nature's thermal insulation

Coasters are insulation too, keeping condensate rings off your table.

Roving fibreglass

Fibreglass used a packing for an intumescent firestop caulking.

Rockwool used to firestop a building joint.

Rockwool used to firestop a building joint.

Rockwool used to firestop a building joint.

Firestop installation using rockwool insulation.

Underside of firestop where rockwool is used to hold up firestop mortar.

Fibreglass insulation used improperly as a substitute for a proper firestop at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fireproofing is also a form of thermal insulation.

Fibreglass insulation used improperly as a substitute for a proper firestop at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Fireproofing is also a form of thermal insulation.

Fibreglass pipe covering with interrupted vapour barrier at the firestop.

Rockwool pipe covering with uninterrupted vapour barrier at the firestop.

Rockwool inappropriately used = building code and fire code violation.

Rockwool packing used in a firestop at a plumbing trap.

Polystyrene foam form and fibreglass pipe covering used in preparation for a fire test for a firestop.

Fibreglass and foamed rubber pipe insulation used in a successful firestop fire test. Note that both of these insulations were wrapped with 3M intumescent wrap strip FS195 inside the firestop mortar.

What fibreglass looks like after a fire test. This is why one needs intumescents when fibreglass pipe covering goes through the firestop.

Foamed rubber insulation after the successful firestop fire test.

Wallheating Pipes on bast fiber insulation