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Title: New Options In Interior Gas Distribution Piping Systems
Author: Marlon Mcclinton
Source: American Gas Association 1985
Year Published: 1985
Abstract: Gas Research Institute (GRI) recently initialed a complete new project area to develop advanced interior piping systems to expand the use of natural gas within residential and light commercial structures. Commercial buildings and structures include low-rise professional or office buildings, shopping malls, warehouse facilities, automotive sales and service facilities, educational buildings, retail stores, and motels. Conventional black iron gas piping methods require precise measuring of pipe lengths, cutting, threading, and doping before the pipe is screwed into place. Slight errors in measurement may require unnecessarily repeating these tasks. These labor intensive operations make installation of gas in buildings a time consuming and often prohibitively expensive task. In recent years, the rising cost of singlefamily detached homes has prompted an increasing percentage of American home buyers to live in multi-family dwellings. Unfortunately, many newly constructed apartments, townhouses, other multi-family homes, and commercial buildings have no gas service at all, due, in large part, to the extra building costs associated with installing gas piping and meters to individual units. Occupants ultimately pay the price for this practice because gas space, water heating, and other gas services provide lower operating costs in most regions. There is a demonstrated need to develop a safe, costeffective interior piping system to allow decentralized gas service to the basic appliances (i.e., furnace, water heater, cooking unit) of multifamily residential buildings and commercial structures.

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