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Why PP-R Pipes Make Pre-fabrication Easy
Tighter funding, stricter regulations, and the old-fashioned ups and downs of the building industry have made investors, specifiers, and contractors increasingly aware of the need to build more intelligently. With builders around the world seeking out new...
The Utility of PP-R Pipes in Non-potable Reuse Systems
For builders around the globe seeking out more eco-friendly piping solutions, POLYMELT is often their first choice. Part of the reason is that our pipes are 100-percent recyclable, leading to a big reduction in waste. But POLYMELT pipes are also tremendously valuable...
How to Avoid Copper Theft with PP-R Piping
Building owners, contractors, and engineers around the world are switching from copper pipe to POLYMELT polypropylene (PP-R) pipe due to our products’ exemplary lifespan, weight, and warranty. But there’s another potentially costly reason to make the switch that...
How Sustainable are PP-R Pipes?
Sustainability is a major reason why engineers and building owners choose POLYMELT piping systems. Our products are designed to have a very low impact on the environment, from manufacturing through installation and even recycling. It’s all part of our company-wide...
How POLYMELT UV PP-R Pipes Defeated the Desert
Outdoor piping systems face special challenges that are rarely considered with indoor systems. Decades spent in the sun, wind, and rain can cause many piping materials to corrode, weaken, and even fail. Plastic pipes are not immune to these problems; even some...
What are the Advantages of Polypropylene Random (PP-R) Piping Systems?
As a piping solution for mechanical applications, POLYMELT America’s polypropylene (PP-R) products enjoy many distinct advantages over competing metallic or plastic piping options. How many advantages? Enough that we have to break them down into separate categories to...
The Advantages of PP-R for Brewing
The explosion in popularity of craft breweries across North America requires fresh ideas and techniques to meet the unprecedented demand from the marketplace. Forward-thinking brewers are investing in equipment and materials that not only offer a new level of...
Why POLYMELT UV is Your Best Choice for Outdoor Piping Systems
We’re very proud of all of the product innovations we’ve made over the past 60 years at POLYMELT. But perhaps none of them have been as revolutionary as the incredible breakthrough represented by our one-of-a-kind POLYMELT UV piping systems. Our German-made POLYMELT...
PP-R is the Ultimate Plastic for Piping
Here at POLYMELT America, we have outlined many times the advantages that our five-layer polypropylene (PP-R) piping systems hold over traditional metallic pipes. In case you haven’t discovered the POLYMELT difference yet, here are the qualities that make our products...
What Kind of Tools do PP-R Pipes Require?
POLYMELT America’s German-made PP-R piping systems are very different from traditional metallic pipes and fittings—different enough to perform the same jobs in a superior fashion, in most cases. While our pipes are much lighter than metallic pipes, putting less strain...