Installation Guide
Table Of Contents
- About this Document
- Disclaimer
- Product Information
- Handling Instructions
- Installation Instructions
- Limited Warranty
- ProPress approved applications
- Minimum distance between press fittings
- ProPress standard jaws clearance requirements
- ProPress standard jaws clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress compact jaws clearance requirements
- ProPress compact jaws clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress rings dimensions
- ProPress rings with V1 Actuator clearance requirements
- ProPress rings with V2 Actuator clearance requirements
- ProPress rings with V1 Actuator clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress rings with V2 Actuator clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress rings with C1 Actuator clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- ProPress XL-C rings dimensions
- ProPress XL-C rings clearance requirements
- ProPress XL-C rings clearance requirements between tube, wall, and floor
- Minimum distance between existing soldered or brazed fitting and ProPress fitting
- Minimum distance between existing ProPress fitting and soldered or brazed fitting
- Minimum insertion depths for ProPress ½" to 2" fittings
- Insertion depths for ProPress ½" to 2" no-stop couplings
- Insertion depths for ProPress ½" to 2" extended no-stop couplings
- Minimum insertion depths ProPress 2½" to 4" fittings
- Insertion depths for ProPress 2½" to 4" no-stop couplings
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2.5.5 Underground Installations
Viega ProPress tting systems with copper tubing are approved for
underground installations. However, installations must meet all state and
local codes, including those for underground. Proper authorization must
be obtained prior to installation from the Authority Having Jurisdiction.
Viega ProPress ttings exposed to corrosive action, such as soil
conditions or moisture, must be protected in an approved manner in
accordance with NFPA 54 Section 404.8, NACE Standard RP0169-2002
Section 5, 2009 UPC Chapter 6 Section 609.3.1, 2009 UMC Chapter
13 Section 1312.1.3, or satisfying local code requirements. In addition,
systems should be properly sized to minimize the risk of erosion corrosion
resulting from excessive velocities.
■ In water installations, mixed metal systems can have a detrimental
eect on each other and cause corrosion.
■ Copper tubing should not be installed directly upstream from
galvanized steel pipe.
■ Dielectric unions should be used when connecting copper to steel or
galvanized steel pipe.
■ Care should be taken to select hangers of suitable material that are
galvanically compatible with the tubing.
Above ground copper tubing and ttings do not normally require external
corrosion protection with the following exceptions:
■ Contact with aggressive building materials such as nitrite or materials
containing ammonium.
■ In aggressive environments.
Please contact the Viega Technical Services Department for questions on
this subject.
The ow rule must be observed in all mixed installations
with tubing made of copper and pipes made of galvanized
steel.
2.5.6 Concealed Spaces
The Viega ProPress tting system has been approved for use in
concealed spaces. Specic performance tests were conducted to
evaluate the ttings for use in concealed spaces. Concealed tubing and
ttings shall be protected from puncture threats.
2.5.7 Corrosion Protection
2.5.7.1 Mixed Installations