Flexible standoff for installation of pipe insulation

A device for providing a temporary space between and a pipe and a pipe support, comprising:

• a standoff having a plurality of blocks, each block having a top and a bottom surface spaced from each other by sides;
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• a plurality of flexible connectors interconnected between adjacent ones of the plurality of blocks;
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• wherein the standoff defines a standoff height between the top surface and the bottom surface of at least one of the plurality of blocks such that in a first condition in which the standoff is disposed between the pipe and the pipe support the standoff defines a space and the flexible connectors are flexed such that the standoff extends along at least a part of a circumference and the pipe,
• wherein insulation can be disposed in the space between the pipe and the pipe support in a second condition in which the standoff is removed from between the pipe and the pipe support.