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Fitting an insulation jacket yourself works in many cases, as long as it was made to measure and the component is easy to reach. For a hard-to-reach valve, a large section of pipework, or installation under time pressure during a shutdown, bringing in a specialist is usually the faster and safer route.

In this article you'll read when you can fit it yourself, when a specialist is the better call, and why the fit is what ultimately makes the difference.

Insulation jackets don't deliver the same return in every situation. With a small temperature difference, a jacket that doesn't fit well, or an installation that's only partly insulated, insulation jackets deliver less return than you'd expect.

In this blog you'll read in which situations the return on insulation jackets falls short, and how you prevent or fix that in practice.

What should you insulate in a utility building for the biggest return? Usually not the pipework, because in offices, hospitals, care facilities and swimming pools that's already insulated as standard. The biggest return sits with the fittings, valves and plant components that are often left uninsulated: a single uninsulated valve can lose as much heat as several metres of uninsulated pipe.

A cheap insulation jacket and a high-quality one can look nearly identical on the quote. The difference only becomes visible after the first maintenance shutdown. A lower-quality jacket loses its shape and fits less tightly. Heat then escapes exactly where you just insulated. Over the long term, that difference decides whether your investment pays off or quietly drives up your energy costs.

Pipes, fittings and air ducts each call for a different insulation method. Find out which approach best suits your installation.

Insulation blankets are on the Recognised Measures List (EML) and often pay for themselves within two years. Discover how they help you meet your energy-saving obligation.

Insulation jackets are an effective way to limit heat loss, save energy, and make installations safer. Yet, in practice, we sometimes see that insulation performance falls short. Usually, this is not due to the product itself, but rather the way it is installed or replaced after maintenance.

In this blog, we discuss the most common mistakes when installing insulation jackets and explain how you can prevent them.

Insulation jackets are usually deployed to limit heat loss, but they can also play a major role in reducing noise. In this blog, we explain how this works and in which situations insulation jackets contribute to noise reduction.