So one night I was looking at one of those DIY Facebook pages that are active at night, and I found this brilliant hack. You know, the kind of blog that you have been on for an hour and all of a sudden you have a million home improvement tips that you didn’t know you needed but can’t live without. This hint required that the drain pipes from the bathroom be covered with aluminum foil. At first I was skeptical — wrapping foil around your pipes felt more like a poor second grade art project than a real home fix. But as someone who loves a life hack to take the edge off life a bit (and get a little joy out of life), I had to find out.
But why should you place aluminum foil around your bathroom drain pipes? Well, wait, hear me out…
Heat Insulation
Let’s begin with insulating from the heat. If you have ever realized how cold the bathroom pipes get in winter, you are not alone. That can happen quickly — and worse, if cold air leaches in from, say, an uninsulated closet, it can actually freeze your pipes completely solid. One simple trick? Wrap them in aluminum foil. Sounds weird, but it works. The glossy surface bounces heat back at the pipes, so that they actually hold the heat longer. I wish I’d heard this a few years ago. One frosty morning I staggered into the bathroom, only to discover the water in my sink had turned to pure ice. I’m talking solid. It was like trying to rinse with water from a glacier.” Miserable. The foil hack could have saved me that hassle — and that plumber’s fee.
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