{"id":262,"date":"2025-12-01T03:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T03:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdmhomeinspect.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2025-12-21T06:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:16:20","slug":"flammable-pipe-insulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdmhomeinspect.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Flammable Pipe Insulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"262\" class=\"elementor elementor-262\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a6d34f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"56a6d34f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1730dcbb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1730dcbb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484f90e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"484f90e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flammable Pipe Insulation<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de936d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5de936d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-132940fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"132940fd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d783c57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d783c57\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6617e01c e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6617e01c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74692eb0 elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"74692eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-magnifying-glass-search\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Understanding Your Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5432c9b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"5432c9b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-text_center   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">Foam Pipe Insulation on Water Heaters Danger!<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d0e23cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d0e23cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With today&#8217;s energy prices, everyone wants to be as energy efficient as possible. 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