Converting a nearly century-old building into a modern hotel is no easy task. That’s a lesson Texas-based Lowen Hospitality learned while converting an old Dallas railroad company headquarters into a Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel.One of the challenges was the hotel’s hydronic heating system. Initial cost estimates were high, but then the general contractor on the project considered using PEX. Many mechanical contractors and engineers may have a perception of PEX pipe as a cheap and flimsy alternative to copper that is bought at big-box stores for plumbing applications. But PEX is increasingly proving its mettle in various commercial hydronic
