diff --git a/api/buildcraft/api/pipes/IPipePluggableRenderer.java b/api/buildcraft/api/pipes/IPipePluggableRenderer.java
index 9216fddb..1ae1d32b 100644
--- a/api/buildcraft/api/pipes/IPipePluggableRenderer.java
+++ b/api/buildcraft/api/pipes/IPipePluggableRenderer.java
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ import buildcraft.api.core.render.ITextureStates;
 public interface IPipePluggableRenderer {
 	void renderPluggable(RenderBlocks renderblocks, IPipe pipe, ForgeDirection side,
 						 PipePluggable pipePluggable, ITextureStates blockStateMachine,
-						 int x, int y, int z);
+						 int renderPass, int x, int y, int z);
 }
diff --git a/api/buildcraft/api/pipes/PipePluggable.java b/api/buildcraft/api/pipes/PipePluggable.java
index e4aa7d18..0d4864fc 100755
--- a/api/buildcraft/api/pipes/PipePluggable.java
+++ b/api/buildcraft/api/pipes/PipePluggable.java
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ public abstract class PipePluggable implements INBTStoreable, ISerializable {
 
 	}
 
+	public boolean isSolidOnSide(IPipeContainer pipe, ForgeDirection direction) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	public abstract AxisAlignedBB getBoundingBox(ForgeDirection side);
 
 	@SideOnly(Side.CLIENT)
diff --git a/common/buildcraft/transport/render/FacadeItemRenderer.java b/common/buildcraft/transport/render/FacadeItemRenderer.java
index be9a2391..d735fc2f 100644
--- a/common/buildcraft/transport/render/FacadeItemRenderer.java
+++ b/common/buildcraft/transport/render/FacadeItemRenderer.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 package buildcraft.transport.render;
 
+import com.sun.prism.util.tess.Tess;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
 
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
@@ -28,57 +29,12 @@ import buildcraft.transport.PipeIconProvider;
 
 public class FacadeItemRenderer implements IItemRenderer {
 
+	private static final float zFightOffset = 1F / 4096F;
 	private long lastTime = 0L;
 
 	private int renderState = 0;
 
-	private void renderFacadeItem(RenderBlocks render, ItemStack item, float translateX, float translateY, float translateZ) {
-		if (lastTime < System.currentTimeMillis()) {
-			// 12 = LCM(1, 2, 3, 4)
-			renderState = (renderState + 1) % 12;
-			lastTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + 1000L;
-		}
-
-		FacadeType type = ((IFacadeItem) item.getItem()).getFacadeType(item);
-		FacadeState[] states = ItemFacade.getFacadeStates(item);
-		FacadeState activeState = null;
-        
-        if (states.length > 0) {
-            // TODO: Figure out why NEI causes states[] to be of length 0
-            if (type == FacadeType.Basic) {
-                activeState = states[0];
-            } else if (type == FacadeType.Phased) {
-                activeState = states[renderState % states.length];
-            }
-        }
-		Block block = activeState != null ? activeState.block : null;
-		int decodedMeta = activeState != null ? activeState.metadata : 0;
-		ItemStack decodedStack = new ItemStack(block, 1, decodedMeta);
-
-		try {
-			int color = decodedStack.getItem().getColorFromItemStack(decodedStack, 0);
-			RenderUtils.setGLColorFromInt(color);
-		} catch (Throwable error) {
-		}
-
-		Tessellator tessellator = Tessellator.instance;
-
-		if (tryGetBlockIcon(block, 0, decodedMeta) == null) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// Render Facade
-		GL11.glPushMatrix();
-
-		// Enable glBlending for transparency
-		if (block != null && block.getRenderBlockPass() > 0) {
-			GL11.glAlphaFunc(GL11.GL_GREATER, 0.1F);
-			GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_BLEND);
-			OpenGlHelper.glBlendFunc(770, 771, 1, 0);
-		}
-
-		render.setRenderBounds(0F, 0F, 1F - 1F / 16F, 1F, 1F, 1F);
-		GL11.glTranslatef(translateX, translateY, translateZ);
+	private void drawCube(Tessellator tessellator, RenderBlocks render, Block block, int decodedMeta) {
 		tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
 		tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, -1F, 0.0F);
 		render.renderFaceYNeg(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, tryGetBlockIcon(block, 0, decodedMeta));
@@ -103,6 +59,61 @@ public class FacadeItemRenderer implements IItemRenderer {
 		tessellator.setNormal(1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
 		render.renderFaceXPos(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, tryGetBlockIcon(block, 5, decodedMeta));
 		tessellator.draw();
+	}
+
+	private void renderFacadeItem(RenderBlocks render, ItemStack item, float translateX, float translateY, float translateZ) {
+		if (lastTime < System.currentTimeMillis()) {
+			// 12 = LCM(1, 2, 3, 4)
+			renderState = (renderState + 1) % 12;
+			lastTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + 1000L;
+		}
+
+		FacadeType type = ((IFacadeItem) item.getItem()).getFacadeType(item);
+		FacadeState[] states = ItemFacade.getFacadeStates(item);
+		FacadeState activeState = null;
+        
+        if (states.length > 0) {
+            // TODO: Figure out why NEI causes states[] to be of length 0
+            if (type == FacadeType.Basic) {
+                activeState = states[0];
+            } else if (type == FacadeType.Phased) {
+                activeState = states[renderState % states.length];
+            }
+        }
+		Block block = activeState != null ? activeState.block : null;
+		int decodedMeta = activeState != null ? activeState.metadata : 0;
+		boolean hollow = activeState != null ? activeState.hollow : false;
+		ItemStack decodedStack = new ItemStack(block, 1, decodedMeta);
+
+		try {
+			int color = decodedStack.getItem().getColorFromItemStack(decodedStack, 0);
+			RenderUtils.setGLColorFromInt(color);
+		} catch (Throwable error) {
+		}
+
+		Tessellator tessellator = Tessellator.instance;
+
+		if (tryGetBlockIcon(block, 0, decodedMeta) == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Render Facade
+		GL11.glPushMatrix();
+
+		// Enable glBlending for transparency
+		if (block != null && block.getRenderBlockPass() > 0) {
+			GL11.glAlphaFunc(GL11.GL_GREATER, 0.1F);
+			GL11.glEnable(GL11.GL_BLEND);
+			OpenGlHelper.glBlendFunc(770, 771, 1, 0);
+		}
+
+		if (hollow) {
+			// TODO
+		} else {
+			render.setRenderBounds(0F, 0F, 1F - 1F / 16F, 1F, 1F, 1F);
+			GL11.glTranslatef(translateX, translateY, translateZ);
+			drawCube(tessellator, render, block, decodedMeta);
+		}
 
 		// Disable blending
 		if (block != null && block.getRenderBlockPass() > 0) {
@@ -114,38 +125,40 @@ public class FacadeItemRenderer implements IItemRenderer {
 		RenderUtils.setGLColorFromInt(0xFFFFFF);
 
 		// Render StructurePipe
-		block = BuildCraftTransport.genericPipeBlock;
-		IIcon textureID = BuildCraftTransport.instance.pipeIconProvider.getIcon(PipeIconProvider.TYPE.PipeStructureCobblestone.ordinal()); // Structure pipe
+		if (!hollow) {
+			block = BuildCraftTransport.genericPipeBlock;
+			IIcon textureID = BuildCraftTransport.instance.pipeIconProvider.getIcon(PipeIconProvider.TYPE.PipeStructureCobblestone.ordinal()); // Structure pipe
 
-		block.setBlockBounds(CoreConstants.PIPE_MIN_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MIN_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MIN_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MAX_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MAX_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MAX_POS - 1F / 16F);
-		block.setBlockBoundsForItemRender();
-		render.setRenderBoundsFromBlock(block);
-		GL11.glTranslatef(translateX, translateY, translateZ + 0.25F);
+			block.setBlockBounds(CoreConstants.PIPE_MIN_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MIN_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MIN_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MAX_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MAX_POS, CoreConstants.PIPE_MAX_POS - 1F / 16F);
+			block.setBlockBoundsForItemRender();
+			render.setRenderBoundsFromBlock(block);
+			GL11.glTranslatef(translateX, translateY, translateZ + 0.25F);
 
-		tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
-		tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, -0F, 0.0F);
-		render.renderFaceYNeg(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
-		tessellator.draw();
-		tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
-		tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F);
-		render.renderFaceYPos(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
-		tessellator.draw();
-		tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
-		tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, 0.0F, -1F);
-		render.renderFaceZNeg(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
-		tessellator.draw();
-		tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
-		tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F);
-		render.renderFaceZPos(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
-		tessellator.draw();
-		tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
-		tessellator.setNormal(-1F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
-		render.renderFaceXNeg(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
-		tessellator.draw();
-		tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
-		tessellator.setNormal(1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
-		render.renderFaceXPos(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
-		tessellator.draw();
+			tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
+			tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, -0F, 0.0F);
+			render.renderFaceYNeg(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
+			tessellator.draw();
+			tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
+			tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, 1.0F, 0.0F);
+			render.renderFaceYPos(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
+			tessellator.draw();
+			tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
+			tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, 0.0F, -1F);
+			render.renderFaceZNeg(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
+			tessellator.draw();
+			tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
+			tessellator.setNormal(0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F);
+			render.renderFaceZPos(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
+			tessellator.draw();
+			tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
+			tessellator.setNormal(-1F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
+			render.renderFaceXNeg(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
+			tessellator.draw();
+			tessellator.startDrawingQuads();
+			tessellator.setNormal(1.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F);
+			render.renderFaceXPos(block, 0.0D, 0.0D, 0.0D, textureID);
+			tessellator.draw();
+		}
 		GL11.glTranslatef(0.5F, 0.5F, 0.5F);
 		block.setBlockBounds(0.0F, 0.0F, 0.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F, 1.0F);
 	}