Re: New houses - soil drains

message from IMM on 25 May 2004
If it is -5C outside and the stack is laying here unused for 10 hours, all
the plastic walls will be around -5C
 
Tony Bryer replied to IMM on 25 May 2004
Yes but because PVC has a very low thermal capacity and better insulation
than CI it will take a minimal amount of heat to raise the temperature of
the inside wall to above freezing.
 

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