Search Results For: ProPress
December 7, 2021
Press technology speeds up massive project
Fire watch. It’s a term contractors are very familiar with, but not necessarily one they love. It means more people to hire, and that means more time and money spent on a project. And when that project is a new 53-story building slated to take nearly four years to complete, saving time and money is […]
October 15, 2021
Water main break + hurricane flooding = Viega to the rescue
There’s never a good time for a water-main break. But when it happens in the aftermath of a major hurricane, well, that can certainly throw a wrench into things. In September, just after Hurricane Ida hit the United States, staff at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay were scrambling. They were preparing for students to […]
September 21, 2021
For overnight shutdown, product reliability is non-negotiable
In the hospitality industry, the last thing you want to do to a hotel full of guests is shut off the water. But when you have no choice, you want that inconvenience to be over as quickly as possible. When you’re the contractor called in for this no-time-to-waste job, you’ve got to know that all […]
September 21, 2021
Tight spaces, quick timelines no problem for Wyoming plumber
Aspen Mountain Plumbing CEO Lance Ball was called to a job requiring some creative solutions. He was tasked with taking out an old boiler with a holding tank from the private residence, but there was no prebuilt manifold. Plus, he was faced with a number of tight spaces in which to do the work. The […]
August 20, 2021
Pressing saves time and money on tricky hospital job
The biggest project Jordan Haugtvedt has worked on lately ended up getting a big helping hand, thanks to Viega ProPress and MegaPress technology. Haugtvedt has been with Q&Z Heating and Plumbing in Grand Forks, North Dakota, for nine years and currently holds the position of journeyman/foreman. When the local hospital came calling, asking not only […]
August 17, 2021
No more sizzle: plumber trades solder for press
Bob Baker has a love/hate relationship with CPVC tubing. On the one hand, the hard water in the Calgary area causes CPVC fittings to deteriorate pretty quickly. But on the other hand, that deterioration means his company, Baker Plumbing Inc., has a constant supply of work. “We look after a dozen or so hotels in […]
July 22, 2021
Smart Connect saves contractor headaches
The proverb reads “haste makes waste.” When you’re in a hurry, precautions have a tendency to take a back seat and costly mistakes can happen. Matthew Fleming, vice president of All-Star Plumbing in Manasquan, New Jersey, had a recent project in a strip mall. Compliments of Covid-19 and all the pitfalls it created, it ended […]
June 22, 2021
Joining pipe on oil-tank farm made easier with Viega
Picture this: an idyllic farm in beautiful California full of … oil tanks? Well, maybe the oil tanks aren’t the picturesque animals and rolling green hills you were imagining – but the thousands of feet of stainless tubing and press fittings used on the project just might be. At an oil-tank farm for an oil-distribution […]
April 12, 2021
A view from the top
The challenge of simply breathing at 14,000 feet in elevation, where the air is exceptionally thin, is tough enough. But add in the manual work done on a construction site, plus weather and Covid-19 precautions, and you’ve got a pretty challenging jobsite. This is exactly what crews from Olson Plumbing and Heating dealt with on […]
April 11, 2021
ProPress key to fast, efficient boiler updates
Trent Young knew he could make his job easier. He was tasked with installing three boilers to replace old 1960s-era steam-to-water heat exchangers, and some quick ProPress connections made it all come together quickly and efficiently. “When you can put about 30 4-inch copper connections together and press them in 15 minutes – as opposed […]
February 8, 2021
High-rise project easier, faster with MegaPress
Time is always of the essence on a construction project. And when it’s a big one, time savings really add up. That’s exactly what Pitt Meadows Plumbing in British Columbia, Canada, is enjoying, thanks to using Viega MegaPressG fittings, up to 4” in size, on a project that includes four towers – 56, 48, 37 […]
December 16, 2020
Groundbreaking research
The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui, Hawaii, uses the largest mirror of any solar telescope in the world. Thanks to its 13-foot-wide mirror, it collects seven times more sunlight than any other solar telescope, producing the clearest, highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun. Not surprisingly, a solar telescope of […]
October 30, 2020
Unique Viega tables act as visual catalog for fittings
A couple of pieces of furniture in the Lehman Pipe and Supply offices in Florida qualify as truly unique. They’re custom-made “Viega tables,” created from a large variety of Viega fittings. A MegaPress Stainless table is stationed at the Pompano Beach location, and a ProPress Copper table is on display in the Miami office. Both […]
September 25, 2020
Brewpub breathes new life into historic site
A century ago, the building was a factory that produced munitions for the U.S. military through the end of World War II. Dilapidated and in shambles for years, the entire Peters Cartridge Company in Kings Mills, Ohio, has now been through a massive overhaul and is an up-and-coming development. The Superfund site – abandoned and […]
August 20, 2020
Distributor uses Viega in own facility
When the premium wholesale plumbing supplier decided to build a large training and distribution center in Phoenix, not only did they choose to stock Viega products, but to show them off in their own plumbing and piping as well. The 35,000-square-foot building was recently completed for use with customer training. “The Workbench” gives tradespeople the […]
July 15, 2020
Laundromat project finished faster with Viega
For Robert Gonzalez, MegaPress products have proved to be something that keeps his small company competitive in today’s market. And while he initially saw some potential benefits to using MegaPress and ProPress, once he put Viega to work he started to realize how much more efficient his crew could be. Now it’s a solution he […]
June 15, 2020
Small Business Finds Huge Value in Viega’s Time Savings
When you’re a smaller company, the best way to keep up with the larger ones is through speed and efficiency. Eric Carlson found those things with Viega. Carlson has been plumbing for about 20 years and began using ProPress in the early 2000s. He quickly realized the benefits he could reap from pressing and later […]
May 1, 2020
CONTRACTOR SOLD ON VIEGA THANKS TO SPEED, REDUCED MANPOWER NEEDS
“I’ll never go back to threading pipe if I don’t have to!” That’s what Preston Turk, Project Manager for LD Mechanical in Montrose, Colorado, said after using Viega MegaPress on a recent job. LD Mechanical was brought in to work on a MUD (Mixed Use Development) project in the mountain town of Telluride, Colorado. With […]
November 1, 2019
PRESS CONNECTIONS MAKE WASTEWATER PLANT EXPANSION SIMPLE
With a need for increased capacity at the Loveland (Colorado) Wastewater Treatment Facility, Garney Construction utilized Viega’s ProPress Stainless 316 line in a new digester complex and for some retrofit work. The $35 million capital-improvement project for the city helped to nearly double the capacity of the two digester tanks already in the system. In […]
November 1, 2019
PROPRESS STAINLESS SLASHES INSTALLATION TIME AT LAUNDRY FACILITY
When millions of gallons of water are traveling through your piping system every month, it’s bound to put wear and tear on the system. The folks at Model Linen Service in Ogden, Utah, realized that huge volumes of water were doing a number on their copper; so in a new laundry facility building, they incorporated […]
November 1, 2019
ONE-OF-A-KIND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Get hands-on experience plus education in the classroom, and tie it all together with a trip through the visually stunning Interactive Learning Center at Viega’s new Colorado Seminar Center. Viega opened its second seminar center earlier this year after the first location in New Hampshire has found great success since opening its doors in 2006. […]
July 1, 2019
PROPRESS STAINLESS TOUGH ENOUGH FOR EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
Not only are Viega fittings going into several locations of a car wash chain in Utah, but they’re replacing a competitor’s fittings in other locations that were previously piped. Cody Kimber, owner of Colf’s Plumbing, said the owners of Tagg-N-Go car wash were thrilled with how Viega ProPress Stainless fittings performed and looked in more […]
July 1, 2019
VIEGA PRESSES NEW MICROBREWERY INTO SERVICE
It’s not just a brewery. Source Brewing is a destination, a place to enjoy a craft brew in a scenic location. And while you’re there, look overhead – you’ll see some Viega products adding to the décor. Source Brewing is a new destination-style microbrewery, and owner Philip Petracca uses locally sourced ingredients, the reason for […]
March 1, 2019
SENIOR LIVING EQUIPPED WITH VIEGA PRODUCTS
Residents in more than 200 rooms at Cedarbrook of Rochester, a senior housing facility in Michigan, will have their water provided thanks to Viega PureFlow and ProPress products. Cedarbrook Senior Living offers independent living, assisted living and memory-care options. The new facility should be done in late summer to be open and operational in the […]
March 1, 2019
PROPRESS BENEFICIAL IN QUICK REPAIR
There’s never a good time to lose hot water in a building – but days before a busy holiday weekend just might be the worst. That’s what happened at a hotel in New Hampshire. Father and son duo Kevin and Hunter Hart were able to get hot water going again for the hotel in just […]
March 1, 2019
VIEGA FITTINGS VITAL FOR QUICK BOILER REPAIR
When meeting a crucial deadline, many contractors know that using Viega products will get the job done well and without worries of missing a target date. It’s why Moe Saavedra, General Manager of Devix Heating and Cooling in West Allis, Wisconsin, called on Viega ProPress and MegaPress fittings for a boiler-repiping project. In September, when […]
March 1, 2019
THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROGRAM CONSTRUCTS NEW BUILDING, USES PROPRESS
For more than 30 years, the Adaptive Sports Center in Crested Butte, Colorado, has been helping veterans and people with disabilities go on therapeutic recreation adventures. Now the group is finally getting the building – and the space – it deserves, so it can amp up its offerings and help even more people. The nonprofit […]
March 1, 2019
Viega Propress, Megapress, Radiant, Snowmelt, Flushing—We’ve Got It All.
The beauty of constructing your own building is using your own products, and that’s exactly what Viega LLC just finished doing with the efforts of Braconier Plumbing and Heating Co. The new Colorado Seminar Center will open in April and is next door to the company’s new permanent headquarters building that opened for business on […]
November 1, 2018
HISTORICAL BUILDING GETS PROPRESS BEHIND THE WALLS
A beautiful facility created for amazing music is getting fixed up – and Viega is there. The Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House (MOH) is a historic building that has changed hands and offerings through the years. Thanks to some work and agreements in 2017, a $45 million renovation began, and Viega ProPress is part of the […]
November 1, 2018
VIEGA MAKES DAILY CLEANING EASY
Word-of-mouth recommendation. That’s the essence of why Viega products were used in a meat-processing facility in Pennsylvania. Godshall’s, a premium meat and turkey product company, had soldered and sweated fittings in an older building, and when plumber Karl Keath presented Viega fittings to company heads, they were intrigued. But it was when they visited another […]
November 1, 2018
Burning the Midnight Oil
An occupied 12-story commercial building – plus the need to replace nearly all the pipe and fittings – could only call for one thing. Viega ProPress. A crew from Green Team Services Corporation was brought in to update a large commercial office building in downtown Miami that was full of old galvanized pipe. James Terry, […]
July 1, 2018
Up Close and Personal
There’s nothing quite like seeing your first ProPress fitting be made and watching the technology at work. For some customers or distributors, the Viega Roadshow provides that experience – and it gets their attention. The Viega Roadshow, the company’s traveling demonstration truck, is making its way from region to region throughout the country. Having the […]
July 1, 2018
ProPress Puts Contractor Ahead of the Curve
Popular national restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse has been busy opening new locations in the northeast and with short build times, contractor Todd Baker has put ProPress to work to speed up his contributions. Baker, owner of TJ Mechanical, Plumbing and Heating in Litchfield County, Connecticut, has been plumbing Texas Roadhouse locations for the past five […]
July 1, 2018
PROPRESS INSTRUMENTAL IN HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION TIMETABLE
With an aggressive construction schedule – just 23 months to build a 485,000-square foot, five-story hospital – contractors knew that speedy installation was a must. They turned to Viega for help. The facility is the North Alabama Medical Center, located in Florence, Alabama. Operated by RCCH HealthCare Partners, the hospital is being built to replace […]
July 1, 2018
KEEP THE HOT WATER FLOWING
When it’s 8:30 p.m. and your water heater quits working, no doubt you’d love to have hot water for a shower the next morning. But with traditional installation, the likelihood of that happening after-hours is slim. However, Eric Silva can make it happen and it’s thanks to Viega ProPress and MegaPress products. In recent years, […]
July 1, 2018
Big Project, Big Time and Cost Savings
When the owner of a new vehicle dealership in southern Texas was looking for additional cost savings on his new build, Viega products came up as a compelling solution. TDIndustries Project Manager Robert Huron suggested Viega as a key tool to reduce labor costs, which he said can make up as much as 70 percent […]
March 1, 2018
SOLAR THERMAL INSTALLATION WITH VIEGA FITTINGS PROVIDES HUGE SAVINGS
Viega fittings and solar thermal heating – it’s a combination that for AET Solar has proven to be a perfect match. AET Solar, one of the oldest solar manufacturers in the United States, is working on the largest solar thermal project in the country currently being installed. Viega is playing an integral part. The project […]
March 1, 2018
UNIQUE SHOWER FIXTURE MADE WITH PROPRESS STAINLESS
A turn-of-the-century home in Boise, Idaho, was revamped into a modern masterpiece and one of its unique style points can be found in the bathroom, thanks in part to Viega. Pat Falls with Pipeman, Inc., in Boise used Viega ProPress Stainless fittings to install an eye-catching fixture in the shower. It was modeled loosely after […]
March 1, 2018
DISTILLERY CHOOSES VIEGA FOR RETROFIT
A truly unique kind of vodka – one that’s growing quickly in popularity – makes its way through the distilling process flanked by Viega products along the way. At Black Eyed Distilling Co. in Fort Worth, Texas, owners Todd Gregory and Scott Billings make BLK EYE Vodka. It’s as it sounds, a specialty vodka made […]
November 1, 2017
New Uses Approved for Wyoming Schools
To run specialty gas lines for welding-lab classrooms in both a high school and technical college in Wyoming, Valley Plumbing and Heating worked closely with Viega to obtain the approvals necessary. After consideration and research, Viega approved the uses requested, and the contractor was able to finish the job utilizing Viega ProPress for copper and […]
November 1, 2017
Contractor Urges Use of Viega in Apartment Building
Using Viega MegaPressG, ProPress and the PureFlow System at a senior apartment facility shaved days off installation for Elite Mechanical. The Vineyard at Broadmore in Nampa, Idaho, is a 30-unit facility that offers one- and two-bedroom apartments for residents 55 and older. Brian Watson, owner of Elite Mechanical, and his team installed Viega products in […]
November 1, 2017
Hands-On Experience Linked to Classroom
The facility is a huge project, years in the making, that gives contractors a chance to learn in real-time, experience Viega products firsthand and extend their classroom knowledge in a tangible way. “We’re always looking for new ways to teach, new ways to enhance the educational experience,” said Jason McKinnon, Director of Technical Services, Viega, […]