FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM DONE QUICKLY WITH MEGAPRESS XL

Ryan Rousseau had the need for speed. The owner of Ryan Rousseau Plumbing and Fire chose MegaPress, including MegaPress XL products, for a fire protection installation at an indoor nursery facility in Eureka, California, because he needed to get his work done as quickly as possible.

The work was done in an existing building, which meant there were tight spaces to work in. Coupled with a heavy workload of other projects, Rousseau wanted to get the job done fast and efficiently.

He’d used other Viega products in the past – including MegaPress in residential settings – but the nursery setup was his first go with MegaPress XL. He said he wasn’t sure what to expect for the speed, but figured it still had to be faster than any other method.

“Threading would have been more difficult to deal with in this existing building,” Rousseau said. “I would say (MegaPress XL) was 10 times faster than other methods. It was crazy how fast it was.”

Rousseau said the nursery facility has some very tight quarters that he worked in doing the installation. He was able to make consistent connections with the press tool, no matter the different angle or space he was subjected to.

Using Viega MegaPress for the project also meant he didn’t have to have pipe precut and grooved. He said being able to build the piping system at the nursery – and allow for onsite adjustments – was an added benefit. ■