Direct Buried Pipe Insulation

The foamglas insulation system consists of foamglas cellular glass insulation and flexible pittwrap jacketing.

Direct buried pipe insulation.

Welcome to thermacor process inc. Commercial contractors love the quality and complete product line. Pex tubing is approved for direct burial outdoors a practice most often necessary when running a water supply line to a house. Dritherm is a field applied pour in place hydrophobic powder type underground insulation and corrosion protection product.

Ideal for connections to outdoor boilers or heat transfer between buildings. It is widely used in indoor and outdoor pipelines and central heating. The success of a direct burial system will depend to a great extent upon the system chosen proper design and proper installation. For nearly 75 years owners have come to expect lower installed cost favorably priced simplistic system long term efficiency and reliability associated with the trade name gilsulate.

Polyurethane direct buried insulation tube is made of high performance polyether polyol composition and multiple methyl polyphenyl polyisocyanate as raw materials and then chemically foamed. Gilsulate 500xr is recognized throughout the world as the leading insulation and protection system for direct buried piping tanks and structures. Thermacor is a leading provider of pre insulated piping systems in the industrial commercial institutional power generation and military piping markets among others. This method eliminates the need for costly tunnels and speeds the installation install on the piping system.

The individual electrical conducting wires inside the cable are encased in a solid thermoplastic sheath that seals out moisture and protects the conducting wires within. Types of direct burial cables. Do it yourselfers love r flex for the simplicity. First brought to market in 1967 as protexulate dritherm is ideally suited for underground steam hot and chilled water systems.

The direct burial of insulated pipelines is often a practical method of installing underground steam piping systems. Direct burial cable is a special type of electrical wiring or cable that is designed to be buried in a trench underground. R flex is a flexible pre insulated pex with a corrugated double wall hdpe cover suitable for direct burial. The system will not compress and will provide the same thermal properties throughout the life of the system.

Pex since it can expand resists freezing more effectively than rigid pipe but pex can still burst if water freezes in a line. The high compressive strength of foamglas insulation makes it an ideal material for direct burial applications because it can easily withstand the pressure that comes from burial.