HI Everyone
Like always this community always comes through. A lot you are in the same boat as I am here high estimates and looking for alternatives. I got responses with pricing from 20K to hundreds of 100K. It really seems to be what your institution requires you to do. If you can use who you want you get better prices but being locked into contracts means you are getting the high dollar prices!
I did get some great suggestions on alternatives and websites to look into.
The natural gas line (CSST) seems to be a good possibility: Proflex.com<http://Proflex.com> and homeflex.com<http://homeflex.com> - You can get this in large rolls of 1in!
also vacuum tubing: flexline.com<http://flexline.com> makes custom lengths (up to 8in i think) we will be using them for a few items maybe the whole thing?
also ldsvacuumshopper.com<
http://ldsvacuumshopper.com> was suggested for longer lengths etc.
Some places are just using rubber hoses and the like.
It appears that some people have used the CSST but these sites have not been in operation all that long so there is no data on how it is working out long term. We will be doing some combination of these, but we are still debating. I have done some estimates, and for less then 25K in materials we can do our entire project versus the 300K + for the copper pipe. So if we plan right and make the system modular we can replace sections if needed and still spend less then the copper. Since these items are flexible tubing and we do not need a plumber we can put this in ourselves if we want too.
Again thank you to everyone who replied.
Greg
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Gregory P. Wylie, Ph.D
NMR Facility Manager
Texas A&M University
Department of Chemistry
P.O. Box 30012
College Station, TX 77842-3012
gregory.wylie_at_chem.tamu.edu<mailto:gregory.wylie_at_chem.tamu.edu>
979.458.0705 (voice)
979.845.4719 (fax)
706.206.0007 (cell)
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On Sep 30, 2019, at 11:09 AM, Wylie, Gregory P <gpwylie_at_tamu.edu<mailto:gpwylie_at_tamu.edu>> wrote:
Hi Everyone
Like many of you, we are planning on putting in Helium Recovery system. Part of this is planning the plumbing. We have the plan but just got back our first estimate and it is over $300K. Now we are talking 700 ft of piping running the length of 2 floors and a vertical span of 6 floors so it is a lot of pipe and work. But all of us were shocked by this estimate. Can anyone else share their experiences with cost of installing pipe for this purpose.
Thanks
Greg
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Gregory P. Wylie, Ph.D
NMR Facility Manager
Texas A&M University
Department of Chemistry
P.O. Box 30012
College Station, TX 77842-3012
gregory.wylie_at_chem.tamu.edu<mailto:gregory.wylie_at_chem.tamu.edu>
979.458.0705 (voice)
979.845.4719 (fax)
706.206.0007 (cell)
http://nmr.tamu.edu
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