The concentrator can be installed in your home by the Air Products technician in two ways:

Free line installation

Your Air Products technician will advise you of the safest place for your concentrator to be kept in your home. The technician will then attach a length of tubing to the concentrator that will allow you to walk around your home while using the oxygen.

As the tubing is free to move as you walk, we advise patients who are frail or at an increased risk of tripping to make sure they are happy to have the tubing move freely around them.

If you decide after having a free line installation that this type of installation is not right for you we are happy to visit again and provide a piped in installation.

Piped-in installation

Your Air Products technician will advise you of the safest place for the concentrator to be kept in your home.

A piped installation involves the Air Products technician securing the tubing along your skirting board and attaching taps on the wall that allow you to direct the flow of oxygen from the concentrator to different rooms in your home. The tubing used measures 5mm in diameter and looks a little thicker then a telephone cable.

Your Air Products technician will ensure that no redecoration is needed after the tubing is attached and will seek your guidance on where best to put the wall taps.

If you would like to talk to us about either of the methods please call our Homecare Helpline or speak to your Air Products technician on the next visit.