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Press fitting technology is sweeping the nation and Viega is leading the way. When Viega introduced the ProPress System to the United States in 1999, installers could stop sweating fittings and start saving time. Today, after millions of trouble-free connections, installers across the county have put down their torches in favor of Viega’s flameless, solderless, ProPress System.

Viega’s ProPress System has helped installers across the nation reduce installation time, save money and increase reliability on the jobsite.

Available in copper and bronze with sizes ranging from 1/2” to 4”, Viega ProPress fittings are heavier than Type K copper tube, the most robust plumbing tube, so they are built to last.

What makes the Viega ProPress System the world’s premier pressing system? The Smart Connect feature. A feature that identifies unpressed connections so they are not left behind.

Only Viega ProPress fittings and valves offer the patented Smart Connect feature.

Look for the green dots:

1. Identify an unpressed connection during pressure testing when air flows past the sealing element.

2. Upon identification the ProPress tool is used to press the fitting, making a permanent leak-proof connection.

3. ProPress connections are fast, flameless and reliable.

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Depends on the application. Assuming that the installing entity properly selects the heater for the expected load (tank type and tankless water heaters do come in various sizes for various water heating loads), the main advantages tankless heaters have over tank type heaters are an endless supply of hot water (no more hot to cold showers) and energy efficiency. The main disadvantage tankless heaters have relative to type type is initial installation cost is 20% to 40% higher than the tank type for a oil/gas fired heater.

While gas/oil-fired tankless water heaters were considered maintenance head-aches (hard to find technicians knowledgeable about the heaters) they are becoming more common in residential applications (help is on the way). For residential applications, most of the energy expended (>50%) in a tank-type heater is used to compensate for convection heat losses when the heater is in stand-by mode (no water users). These convection heat losses only heat a typically unheated space such as a basement; thereby wasting the heat. The tankless heater does not have these convective losses therefore does not waste this heat.

If the application has a continuously circulating hot water loop (pumped loop), as is the case in many commerical and selected high-end residential applications, the tank type water heater is used. The tank acts buffer to even out variable loads and reduce the size of the primary heating equipment.

If energy source is electricity, the clear choice is the tankless type as the heater may be installed at the use point. No waiting for the distribution piping to warm to the hot water temperature. Also the electrical tankless water heating is more thermally effective than the tank type.
Depends on the application. Assuming that the installing entity properly selects the heater for the expected load (tank type and tankless water heaters do come in various sizes for various water heating loads), the main advantages tankless heaters have over tank type heaters are an endless supply of hot water (no more hot to cold showers) and energy efficiency. The main disadvantage tankless heaters have relative to type type is initial installation cost is 20% to 40% higher than the tank type for a oil/gas fired heater.

While gas/oil-fired tankless water heaters were considered maintenance head-aches (hard to find technicians knowledgeable about the heaters) they are becoming more common in residential applications (help is on the way). For residential applications, most of the energy expended (>50%) in a tank-type heater is used to compensate for convection heat losses when the heater is in stand-by mode (no water users). These convection heat losses only heat a typically unheated space such as a basement; thereby wasting the heat. The tankless heater does not have these convective losses therefore does not waste this heat.

If the application has a continuously circulating hot water loop (pumped loop), as is the case in many commerical and selected high-end residential applications, the tank type water heater is used. The tank acts buffer to even out variable loads and reduce the size of the primary heating equipment.

If energy source is electricity, the clear choice is the tankless type as the heater may be installed at the use point. No waiting for the distribution piping to warm to the hot water temperature. Also the electrical tankless water heating is more thermally effective than the tank type.
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August 30, 2010 Wilmington, California Today is our first day starting on this project of a 2-story apartment complex. The problem on this location is major stoppages throughout the complex. A few months ago we were called to come out … Continue reading →

July 27, 2010 Los Angeles, California Tuesday afternoon, the office received a call from a construction company in Long Beach regarding a plumbing project. The caller asked us to connect a water fountain. We scheduled a meeting for the following … Continue reading →