DOWNTOWN RENOVATION
Wichita Teen Center

The use of flexible gas piping for renovation and retrofit provides a quick and easy approach that is as simple as pulling electrical wiring. When the building under renovation is over 100 years old, TracPipe can offer enhanced safety for the pipe fitter and for the neighborhood.

All the furnaces being retrofitted into the Teen Center in Wichita, KS are located in the attic of the 100-year-old building. If steel pipe had been used for this renovation, the code would have required welded joints and the construction crew feared that a fire could easily be started in the wooden construction of the attic.

The combined loads of the twelve furnaces pushed this installation into the range where the Wichita gas utility was willing to provide 5-psi elevated pressure. This allowed the plumbing and heating contractor to use ½", ¾", and 1-inch sizes of TracPipe.

There were three regulator stations located throughout the attic. This is the method for installing elevated systems with corrugated stainless steel tubing to utilize the full capacity of each regulator.

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