Installation of a gas-powered radiant heating system
The Saint-Sauveur church in the town of Locminé, in the Morbihan region of France, has a surface area of 850 m2 and is ten metres in height. It has a rather complex, modern wooden frame with no false ceiling. For heating the church, the Kervadec company, specialised in the installation of water and gas systems, decided to install gas-powered radiant heating panels under the ceiling which are supplied by Viega’s Profipress G piping system.
Architecture of the building complicates installation
Before beginning the installation, the general contractor had to take into account the special features of the structure. The challenge was to run the piping as discretely as possible because there was no false ceiling to hide it. Therefore the installers used a lifting platform to work very high, as close as possible to the peak, the framing and the radiant heating panels.
The installer trusted in Viega’s press technology for the 250 metres of copper pipe and used connectors varying in diameter from DN 14 to DN 42. “With a wooden structural frame and work to be done at ten meters in height, the traditional soldering method would have required constant and tiring handling of materials,” commented Bertrand Turpin, project manager for Kervadec.
Savings of time and energy
Another advantage was that the surface of the copper pipes and fittings combined perfectly with the colour of the wood. No painting of the piping was thus needed. “We saved approximately 30% in time and conserved energy,” said Tuprin.