September 23, 2025

Drake Plastics Manufacturing Facility, Cypress, TX

By Alex Gross 

One-Step Transition Solution Provides Fast Installation

An existing structure with plans to become an industrial manufacturing facility needed a reliable plumbing solution that would integrate with the building’s current system and be fast to install.  

Graves Mechanical chose Uponor hybrid products with innovative, one-step transitions for faster, easier installs along with the benefit of onsite support.

The Uponor AquaPEX® PEX-a and ChlorFIT® Schedule 80 Corzan® CPVC system ― with new ProPEX® LF Brass Schedule 80 CPVC Spigot Adapters to streamline the transition between the two piping materials ― reduced the number of required components and made transitioning easier, faster, and more cost-efficient for the project.

Project Statistics

• Industrial manufacturing facility, specialty plastics military and aerospace industries
• 40,000 square feet
• Mixed-use building for manufacturing and office space
• Installed by 8-person crew: 1 foreman, 3 journeymen, and 4 apprentices

 

Products Used

• Uponor AquaPEX 2" and down with ProPEX EP fittings
• Uponor ChlorFIT Schedule 80 Corzan CPVC in size 2½"  
• ProPEX LF Brass Schedule 80 Corzan CPVC Spigot Transition Adapters

 
Corzan® is a registered trademark of Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.