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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2014, 09:51 PM Apr 2014

Walked into a Dollar Tree store today, took one look at the swimming pool noodles, [View all]

and realized I was looking at pipe insulation. True enough, I have to cut a slit down the length with my very own box cutter, but I think it could be managed w/o too much danger.

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Walked into a Dollar Tree store today, took one look at the swimming pool noodles, [View all] IrishAyes Apr 2014 OP

That is an interesting thought. nt avebury Apr 2014 #1

Oh yeah hermetic Apr 2014 #2

yup, and i saw a great tip in life hacks or somewhere NMDemDist2 Apr 2014 #3

That sounds like it would work well. Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #4

In summer hermetic Apr 2014 #5

Well, a dollar is a dollar. Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #6

Noodles are very useful salimbag Apr 2014 #7

The first koozies IIRC were from pipe insulation... Eleanors38 Apr 2014 #8

My husband has used them to insulate the water pipes that go to the outdoor faucets. I have used Skidmore May 2014 #9

I just thought of another use for the swim noodles Trailrider1951 May 2014 #10