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Recommended Widths & Amounts of Pipe Wrap Tape - Coverage Calculations

What are the recommended Widths and Amounts of Pipe Wrap Tape Needed for a Job?

How wide a tape, and what should the overlap be?  Check the nominal pipe diameter down the left side and recommended tape width in one of the middle columns. Also included are surface squares per common lengths of pipe of any given diameter, and the number of squares of tape needed for a given pipe size.

Note a common industry practice is to change the standard length of 6” and wider rolls from the longer 100’ to 50 foot rolls. Double check your product before going to the jobsite as many manufacturers vary between 50 and 100 foot standards, regardless of the width.

Nominal Pipe Size in Inches

Surface Square Feet per X ft of Pipe

Recom'd
Tape Width

Min. Overlap in Inches

Rolls of 2" x 100' Tape

Rolls of 4" x 100' Tape

Rolls of 6" x 50' Tape

 per 1000 ft

per 1 mile

1” overlap

1” overlap

50% overlap

1” overlap

50% overlap

1/2

220

1160

2

1/4

2.7

 

 

 

 

3/4

275

1450

2

1/4

3.3

 

 

 

 

1

344

1820

2

1/4

4.2

 

 

 

 

1-1/4

435

2300

2

5.2

1.8

2.6

 

 

 

1-1/2

497

2630

2

1/4

6.0

2.0

3.0

 

 

2

622

3290

4

3/8

 

2.5

3.8

 

 

2-1/2

753

3980

4

3/8

 

2.7

4.5

 

 

3

916

4840

4

3/8

 

3.7

5.5

 

 

4

1178

6220

6

1/2

 

4.8

7.1

5.7

9.5

5

1456

7690

6

1/2

 

5.9

8.8

7.0

11.7

6

1734

9160

6

1/2

 

7.0

10.4

8.4

13.9

8

2258

11930

9

1/2

 

9.0

13.6

10.9

18.0

10

2814

14860

9

1/2

 

11.3

16.9

13.5

22.5

12

3338

17630

9

1/2

 

13.4

20.0

16.0

26.7

14

3665

19360

12

3/4

 

 

 

17.6

29.3

16

4189

22120

12

3/4

 

 

 

20.1

33.5

18

4713

24890

18

1

 

 

 

22.6

37.7

20

5236

27650

18

1

 

 

 

25.1

41.9

22

5760

30420

18

1

 

 

 

27.6

46.1

24

6283

33180

18

1

 

 

 

30.2

50.3

26

6807

35940

18

1

 

 

 

32.7

54.5

28

7330

38710

18

1

 

 

 

35.2

58.6

30

7854

41470

18

1

 

 

 

37.7

62.8

32

8378

42240

18

1

 

 

 

40.2

67.0

34

8901

47000

18

1

 

 

 

42.7

71.2

36

9425

49700

18

1

 

 

 

45.2

75.4

38

9938

52473

18

1

 

 

 

47.8

79.6

40

10467

55266

18

1

 

 

 

50.3

83.8

42

10990

58027

18

1

 

 

 

52.8

88.0

44

11508

60762

18

1

 

 

 

55.3

92.2

48

12560

66318

18

1

 

 

 

60.3

100.5

 

Please note: Quantities shown do not include field contingency or allowance for waste and are our mathematical calculations based upon formulas. Please be sure your customer has double checked their requirements before quoting.

 

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