Solutions / Kitec Replacement

Kitec replacement starts with the fittings and the route.

Kitec is not just a pipe-colour problem. The fittings, the building layout, and where the system disappears into walls or slabs can change the scope before replacement work even begins.

The problem

The pipe itself is not the whole story.

Kitec systems combine multilayer tubing with brass fittings that can become the failure point. In multifamily properties, the critical scoping question is where the system runs—including whether any heating lines are embedded in concrete and need to be rerouted rather than simply replaced in place.

Start with an inventory. Identify the Kitec, the fittings, the domestic-water runs, and any in-slab heating before a budget or schedule is treated as complete.

Identify

Confirm what the building actually has.

Look beyond the brand name and map the tubing, fittings, manifolds, and previous work that affect the real scope.

Scope

Find the runs that change the job.

Separate accessible domestic-water replacement from concealed or embedded runs that may require a different engineering and routing approach.

Replace

Give the new system a deliberate path.

Use an enclosed accessible route that can be coordinated around occupied interiors instead of inheriting every constraint of the old installation.

Planned Plumbing Track route crossing a finished ceiling transition
After the existing system is identified, the replacement route can be planned around the building rather than inferred from the old concealed path.

Scope the real conditions

See where the old system forces a different answer.

Kitec replacement starts with the runs, fittings, and embedded conditions that change the work before installation begins.

Alberta & British Columbia

Scope the system before failure sets the schedule.

Plumbing Track supports multifamily repiping from its Calgary and Kelowna service areas. Once the material, fittings, route, and embedded conditions are understood, an assessment can turn them into a building-specific replacement scope.