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Contractor Tabs Aquatherm Blue Pipe for Boiler System Retrofit
Built in 1928, Dan Carr’s 3,112-square-foot home, which is located in Bexley, Ohio (a Columbus suburb), was in dire need of a renovation. Carr had given contractors the lofty task of removing part of the original first floor to lower its elevation and create a new kitchen and family room that would share the same floor level.
The contractors were challenged to brace and maintain structural support of the second floor, and yet allow enough working space for the new radiator piping to be hidden within the structure. Jeff Persons, president, Geo Source One Inc., and his Columbus-based team were brought in for the repiping project and selected Aquatherm Blue Pipe® (formerly Climatherm) for the job because its flexibility allows it to be massaged through captive soffits and confined floor joists, where rigid pipe could not be easily fit and hung.