WHY TRACPIPE®

Lower Installed Cost

  • Faster installation time - saves typically 75% of the time required for a steel or copper pipe installation.
  • Reduced days of construction - helps finance costs
  • Less time on site for greater productivity
  • Lower rental costs (platforms, scaffolding etc.)

Pipe Flexibility

  • Pipe that bends and conforms by hand
  • No joints around obstacles or for long runs
  • More retrofit and refurbishment capabilities
  • Better suited to withstand ground settlement

Adaptability

  • No Awkward lengths to manoeuvre in tight spaces
  • Metal to metal seal - no gasket to cut or score
  • Self correcting for out of round cuts

Lighter, easier to handle

  • Pipe that cuts with a standard tube cutter
  • Easier to transport and carry to the job site
  • Reduced risk of injuries - overhead installations are painless

Fewer Joints

  • Less chance of leakage
  • Long lengths reels
  • Fewer call backs
  • Fewer man hours

No pipe-threading machine

  • No oil or mess on site
  • Reduced risk or injuries
  • Fewer man hours
  • No "disappearing" pipe-threading machines

No welding or hot work on site

  • No heat is required, no brazing, welding, soldering or fumes
  • Reduced testing and less specialist labour
  • No Hot Work Permit required and reduced insurance premium possibilities
  • No possibility of accidental fire

Faster is better!

  • More installations, in the same time - without increasing overheads

Approved and Kitemarked

  • BS 7838 Approved and tested by Advantica
    (originally BG Technology)
  • BSI Kitemark