People usually think that antibacterial stainless steel water pipes for home decoration are expensive. Is this the actual situation? In fact, the birth of thin-walled antibacterial stainless steel water pipes has created conditions for antibacterial stainless steel pipes to enter the civilian market.
Relevant agencies have selected various pipe materials to compare actual project costs for multi-layer residential pipeline projects with two bathrooms and one kitchen. If the cost coefficient of thin-walled stainless steel water pipes is set to 1, the cost of each pipe will increase in this order: steel-plastic composite pipe 0 .59, high The same pipeline design is used in high-rise apartments. The total cost of using thin-walled antibacterial stainless steel water pipes is about 10% lower than that of thin-walled copper pipes. According to calculations by the developer of the direct drinking water project, thin-walled antibacterial stainless steel water pipes are used for drinking water. Water purification projects are only about 10% more expensive than PPR or aluminum plastic pipes , and lower than copper pipes.
It can be seen that the price of thin-walled antibacterial stainless steel water pipes is higher than that of plastic pipes and composite pipes, but the price is very limited. Moreover, the cost of water supply pipes in real estate projects in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai only accounts for 0.2%-0.5 of the house price. %, the increased cost of antibacterial stainless steel water pipes is even more negligible. But the material performance is much superior, and the grade has been greatly improved. According to people's current living standards, this price is completely acceptable. Moreover, the developer uses antibacterial stainless steel water supply pipes to provide clean and safe direct drinking water for home buyers, which can also become a good selling point of the project. Taking a case study, a real estate developer develops a high-rise commercial building. The main pipes, risers, and branch pipes that transport hot and cold water and direct drinking water are all made of antibacterial stainless steel water pipes.
It can be said that antibacterial stainless steel water pipes are of high grade and not expensive. In fact, not only is the initial investment of antibacterial stainless steel water pipes not high, but what is more noteworthy is that its life cycle cost is very low. This is a major economic advantage of antibacterial stainless steel materials that other materials cannot match. A measure of water pipe economics—life cycle cost.
When investing in a construction project, not only the initial one-time investment must be considered, but also the maintenance and replacement costs during operation, and even the value of recycling and reuse after use and the impact on the environment. Because experience shows that maintenance costs and update costs are actually a huge cost, even far exceeding the initial investment. Therefore, antibacterial stainless steel water pipes are more economical products that do not need to be updated, are maintenance-free, have no related losses, and are 100% recyclable during the life cycle. Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to the long-term investment concept of considering the full life cycle cost. European and American countries require life cycle cost analysis in engineering construction. As China continues to integrate with international standards and continues to introduce project management methods and concepts, the concept of life cycle cost will become more and more popular.
