Corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) to distribute natural and LP gas

The 1988 commercial introduction of corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) to distribute natural and LP gas within and throughout residential and commercial buildings was welcomed by the gas industry as a cost-effective means to deliver their product to consumers. CSST piping systems gave plumbers and gas fitters an alternative approach to the use of other code-approved piping materials: Schedule 40 threaded, steel pipe, and copper tubing. However, CSST represented a major breakthrough in gas piping far beyond its obvious flexible physical characteristics. The departure from conventional practice was that for the first time the gas piping was treated as a complete system covered by a performance standard (the same way gas equipment is treated) and not as a material standard.

Traditional gas piping (steel pipe and copper tubing)

Traditional gas piping (steel pipe and copper tubing) is manufactured to material standards that dictate its physical properties and dimensional requirements. However, these national standards do not address how these piping products must perform as gas piping systems. The application of steel pipe as gas piping has been developed from field experience gathered through millions of residential installations over the past 100 years. These practices have been collectively promulgated into the National Fuel Gas Code or ANSI Z223.1 (NFGC). CSST was engineered from its conception as a system consisting of tubing, fittings, manifolds, protective shields, and other accessories designed specifically as a gas distribution network.

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