Project Type: Residential — Pipe Restoration
Location: Lake Arrowhead, CA
Description: The owners of the historic home, Chateau des Fleur, were concerned about preserving this historic home sought out to seek a solution to their problem of rusty galvanized pipes. Repiping was not an option. The design of the home and the architectural features made it a virtually impossible to cut into stone walls or the hand crafted matched grain hardwood paneling to replace the piping system. The owner who already had one of his properties restored by ACE DuraFlo® knew exactly that the solution to upgrading the piping system in the Chateau des Fleur was the ACE DuraFlo® system.
THE PROBLEM:
Imagine, owning one of the finest historic homes in the country and you are faced with brown water, low flow and are concerned with the “health†of the water coming from rusted galvanized pipes. The Chateau des Fleur was completed in 1932 and was originally built for the heiress of the Saltine cracker fortune. Built by Master European craftsmen, this 8,000 square foot home has been a favorite of Hollywood and has been featured in numerous movies and TV series such as The Dirty Dozen, Barnaby Jones and the Six Million Dollar Man. The recent owners concerned about preserving this historic home sought out to seek a solution to their problem of rusty galvanized pipes. Re-piping was not an option. The design of the home and the architectural features made it a virtually impossible to cut into stone walls or the hand crafted matched grain hardwood paneling to replace the piping system.
THE SOLUTION:
ACE DuraFlo’s in place pipe restoration system. The owner who already had one of his properties restored by ACE DuraFlo® knew exactly that the solution to upgrading the piping system in the Chateau des Fleur was the ACE DuraFlo® system.
A restoration date was set and soon thereafter the piping system was restored to both the main house and the detached guesthouse located on the same property. In the restoration process the preservation of the buildings historic value was a paramount concern. Not only did the ACE DuraFlo® team have to work within very strict parameters to preserve the