The Plumbing and Heating Sophomores are working in small groups installing
the drainage, waste, vent, and water supply systems for each training
bathroom in shop. Traditionally the students installed PVC (Poly vinyl
chloride) for the Drainage , Waste, and Venting (DWV) system and copper
for the water supply.
Due to the absorbent cost of copper and keeping
up with industry standards we have chose to include PEX tubing into the
water piping system. All the cold water lines are installed with copper
and all the hot water supply lines are installed with PEX. Installing
copper requires a lot of fitting which increases the labor costs as well.
Installing Pex requires a manifold system that feeds each individual
fixture separately which reduces the amount of fittings and labor expense. |
