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Approvals For Fuel Oil, Propane or Gas Fuel Lines


    Envirotube Features
  • Flexible thermo PVC jacket bends without damage to itself or the tubing while maintaining superior tensile strength.
  • Coating is flame retardant, fungus, acid and moisture corrosion resistant. Suitable for direct burial.
  • Standard, flexible copper tubing approved for use by oil companies.
  • Available in 3/8" OD with a protective coating of .032 Wall and 1/2" OD with a .048 Wall, and also with a protective coating of .034 wall, 1/2" OD with a .048 wall, and 5/8" OD with .055 wall.
    All About Envirotube

Envirotube is flexible PVC-jacketed coated copper tubing that is used for fuel oil transfer lines, gas and propane. Envirotube is the only coated copper tubing having a patent from the United States Pattent Office specefically for the use in underground fuel oil lines. It is approved by numerous states, D.E.C., D.E.P., Department of Health, Firemarshalls, and is UL listed for petroleum products.

Envirotube is resistant to almost all chemicals found in the soil. It is also flame retardant, abrasion resistant, and resistant to Earth movement. The coating compound has been improved by the addition of UV inhibitor and anti-fungicide. The flexible PVC coating has a life span of over one-hundred years without loss of strength.

The PVC coating is non-toxic and recyclable.

Envirotube has been installed now for many years without one known failure. The flexable PVC compound that is coated to the copper tubing has been used on direct burial electrical cable & found to be problem free. The PVC coating is applied by using an extrusion process and in the event the coppor tubing developes a leak the superior coating will maintain vacuum & pressure.

There is no compatable coated copper tubing on the market that can compare with the high quality, high manufacturing standards & durability of Envirotube.

It is standard type L copper tubing with flexable PVC. Envirotube comes in standard rolls to any lengths required in 3/8", 1/2" amd 5/8" OD.

Envirotube is manufactured in Lowell, Massachusetts, and is approved for direct burial underground or under concrete. Repersentative samples of Envirotube have been evaluated for petroleum products by UL and meet applicable UL standards and requirements.

Envirotube has earned a U.S. patent specefically for the transfer of petro chemicals in underground or under concrete installations.

LDC is committed to providing products that are tooled to the highest standards of quality and uniformity and are safe for the environment.

LDC's exclusive protective coated copper tubing, enviroTube, is approved by the Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Health and is UL listed for petroleum products. It has been tested to approximately 25 years for durability and safety to the environment in direct burial in earth.

EnviroTube can be manufactured to any length, and is dielectric. For more information and quotations call, write or e-mail LDC.

K.E.P. Inc (Division of LDC) now has available EnviroGroove. Type L Copper Tubing coated wtih PVC. Should the copper tubing develop a leak, the grooves in the PVC coating will allow for detection of the leak. The PVC coating will prevent leakage to the exterior of the coated tubing. Available in standard rolls of 50', 60' 100'. Custom lengths available upon request. E-mail Kenviron@aol.com.

Envirotube Patents and Listings
US Patent # 5,868,171
US Patent # 6,135,159
UL Listed &
ULC listed for Petroleum Products


    Reasons to Use Envirotube
  • Standard type L coated copper tubing- Coated with a unique flexable PVC.
  • There is no air space between the copper tubing and the PVC coating as is with sleeving or double containment. Should the copper tubing develope a leak the PVC coating will maintain vacuum & pressure.
  • The PVC coating is resistant to all chemicals found in the soil and concrete.
  • Envirotube is abrasion resistant, flame retardant, and resistant to the Earth's movement.
  • Envirotube is UV protected and includes an anti-fungicide.
  • The superior quality coating can last well over 100 years.
  • Envirotube is recyclable and non-toxic.
  • Envirotube is UL listed, U.S. patented, and is approved by many states, D.E.C., D.E.P., Fire Marshalls, Department of health and numerous regulatory agencies.




Contact Information
LDC Enviro Corp
94 McClellan Avenue
Mineola, NY 11501

(516) 248-7233
FAX: (516) 248-3890
E-Mail: envirotube@aol.com
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