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Council approves $400,000 homes pipe replacement
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Huron County Council has
authorized a large-scale renovation
project at both its Huronlea and
Huronview Homes for the Aged in
light of continued challenges with
their sprinkler system piping.
At council's June 21 committee of
the whole meeting, Ron Mercer, the
Homes Environmental Services
Manager spoke to council, saying
that the piping used in the homes
when they were constructed 25 years
ago is decaying. This has been
evidenced by the pipe burst event at
Huronlea in Brussels several
weeks ago that resulted in the
flooding of one resident's room
as well as other parts of the building.
Mercer told councillors that while
the wholesale replacement of piping
throughout both homes would be a
"very big" and "disruptive" project,
he felt it was better than the
alternative of dealing with
catastrophic failures on an as -needed
basis as the pipes at both homes
continue to decay and result in leaks
and split pipes, which, under the
right circumstances, can cause major
flood events in the homes.
He said that the project would not
have any impact on the county's
budget because it would be paid for
out of the homes department's
reserve funds. It is anticipated that
the project will cost $245,000 plus
HST to install galvanized pipe
throughout Huronview. The cost will
break down to $18,800 per wing
with a lifespan of approximately 35
years.
Several councillors inquired as to
why the project wouldn't utilize
plastic piping, but Mercer said that
the pressure the piping is under is
too high for plastic pipes. Black
thick -wall pipe could be used at a
cost of $300,000 and a lifespan of
45-50 years, but Mercer said that
due to the complexity of the project,
contractors have said that galvanized
pipe is easier to work with.
The same galvanized piping is
estimated to cost $170,000 plus HST
at Huronlea for a total impact on the
homes department's reserve of over
$400,000 plus HST.
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it up and that it's part of a much
larger conversation, he wondered if a
needs assessment should be done on
the buildings before the county sinks
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just like the current governance
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Bluewater Mayor Tyler Hessel
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looking far enough down the road,
so a needs assessment before major
projects are proposed is likely a
good step to take in the future.
Council approved Mercer's
recommendation to replace the
sprinkler piping at the two homes,
authorizing the home department to
use its reserves to pay for the
project, which will likely run into
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