I thought I would do a “how to” on how to heat wrap a downpipe,
I`m not trying to teach you gran to suck eggs or that most people on here are idiots (well they is a few)
I prefer to start off like this as you hold the end of the wrap and pull it tight.
You don`t want to overlap the wrap to much, I overlap it by about 10m/m
Always feed off the bottom of the roll as it is easier to keep the wrap tight.
Once finished fold the end over to stop it from coming apart and I use a stainless jubilee clip to hold the wrap in place.
The wrap can either been done dry or wet. I prefer the to soak the wrap for 10 mins in hot water then wrap the pipe. The advantage of wrapping it wet is when the wrap dries out from the hot exhaust is it will shrink and tighten.
Here`s one I did earlier
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