Exterior Heat Tape

Protect your home from frozen or broken pipes.

Exterior heat tape.

This kit has a built in thermostat. Heat cable is a similar product but it is designed for installation on the edge of your home s roof near the eaves. The type of heat tape used on roofs and gutters to prevent ice buildup is properly called heat cable. In diameter or pipes 1 to 1 1 2 in.

Heating cables are enclosed in a housing that protects the heating elements and means you can use the. Heating cable looks more like standard two conductor house wiring cable type nm or romex and is not nearly as flexible as heat tape most varieties are about as flexible as a garden hose the stiffness is related to one of the main differences between them and heat tapes. In diameter please select a size to view inventory. 10 2016 purchased this cable in order to prevent two water pipes in an exterior wall from freezing as they have sometimes done in the past.

The thermwell 30 ft. All heat line heating cable products are self regulating heat trace cable offering cost effective operation and maintenance reliability. Specially blended combinations of polymer and conductive carbon create a unique heating cable product advantage that no traditional heat tape can equal. All lengths of heating cable can be used for pipes 3 8 to 3 4 in.

Use heat tape featuring a thermostat to ensure that the pvc pipe is not damaged due to excess heat. Grip clip heat tape pro for ice dam prevention heavy duty self regulating plug in ready heat cable 120v 6 watts ft 37 feet 10 foot cold lead. Wrap this tape around a pipe and then plug the tape into an electrical source to heat the pipe. There is no concern of under and or overheating.

Heat tape though does prevent pipes from freezing. While insulating your pipes is a good idea insulation alone may not be enough to prevent bursting pipes from occurring in cold wet weather. Automatic electric heat cable kit is designed for use on metal and plastic water pipes to help prevent the pipes from freezing. Heat tape for water pipes premium pipe freeze protection cable with built in thermostat and 16 feet of high temp installation tape heavy duty self regulating 6 feet 120 volt 4 6 out of 5 stars 169.

Heat tapes cables. The term heat tape refers to another product an insulated electrical wire applied to water pipes to keep them from freezing and bursting. Several types of heat tape are available.