PowerPoint® Presentation Chapter 6 — Joining, Installing, and Supporting Pipe

Chapter 2 & 3 Personal protective

Joining, Installing, and Supporting equipment, including
proper eye and skin
Pipe protection, must be worn
when working with
Plastic Pipe Joints • Copper Tube cleaners, primers, and
Joints • Cast Iron Soil Pipe Joints • solvent cements.
Steel Pipe Joints • Installing and
Supporting Pipe

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Primers are required Solvent cement cure times will need to be adjusted,
for PVC and CPVC depending on outside temperature.
plastic pipe and
typically contain a
permanent dye or
pigment that shows
that the primer has
been applied to the
pipe and fittings.

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Solvent cement softens The proper preparation

plastic pipe and fittings, and installation
ensuring a tight joint techniques must be
when the pipe is forced used to ensure
all the way into the fitting. watertight and airtight
solvent-cemented joints.

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An expander tool is A crimping tool is

used to expand the used to compress
end of PEX tubing the sleeve on PEX
manufactured using tubing manufactured
the Engel process. using the silane or
radiation process.

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Push-type PEX fittings connect PEX tubing by using The three techniques of heat fusion are socket, butt,
an internal interlocking mechanism. and sidewall fusion.

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Electrofusion is the process of joining two PE pipes Mechanical couplings joining

together using an internally heated coupling. two ends of PE pipe provide
leakproof joints that also
resist pressure.

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Capillary attraction The pasty range is the

draws molten solder into working temperature
the gap between the range for a particular
copper tube and fitting. type of solder.

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Copper tube and fittings The proper brazing

must be properly temperature is achieved when
prepared and joined to the fitting becomes dull red or
ensure a leakproof joint. the flux becomes clear.

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In the brazing process, Copper press fittings of

heat is applied to the joint 1/2″ to 2″ are installed
and a filler metal is used without soldering by using
to fill the gap between a pressing tool to press
the fitting and tube. the fittings together.

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Copper press fittings The depth, width, and

of 2 1/2″ to 4″ are location of a rolled
installed without groove must be
soldering by using a accurate to ensure a
pressing tool and watertight joint.
pressing ring to press
the fittings together.

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Copper rolled groove A pi tape is used to measure

joints are used for the groove diameter of rolled
aboveground potable groove pipe.
water supply applications.

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A branch tee is An impact flaring

extruded from the tool can be used to
wall of copper tube flare types K and L
using a T-drill fitted copper tube.
with a collaring head.

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A yoke-and-screw Compression joints

flaring tool flares the consist of a compression
end of copper tube fitting, compression ring,
to accept the end of compression nut, and
the fitting. copper tube being joined.

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Lengths of no-hub Compression

cast iron soil pipe gaskets provide a
must be properly leakproof joint
aligned and joined between the bell
to create a and spigot.
leakproof joint.

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NPT are tapered 3/4″ per Male (external) pipe

foot of thread length so threads are cut at the
that the pipe and fittings ends of pipe to
will make up tightly to engage properly with
form a leakproof joint. the fitting threads.

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Dig holes under underground drainage and waste Proper backfilling

pipe couplings, bells, or joints so pipe firmly rests on procedures ensure that
its barrel. underground pipe
remains in position.

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Pipe hangers and supports Brackets are used to

are anchored to structural support horizontal and
members, such as beams, vertical pipes, and are
studs, or joists, to ensure attached to wood and
proper stability, support, metal framing members
and alignment of pipe. and adjacent pipes.

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Riser clamps, pipe straps, and A variety of hangers,

extension split pipe clamps clamps, and hooks are
maintain alignment of vertical pipe. available to support
horizontal pipe.

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Plastic pipe conveying Hangers must be placed adjacent to no-hub couplings.

hot water waste must be
supported on continuous
wood strips or angle iron
for its entire length.

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Sway bracing is used Closet bends must be

when cast iron soil pipe properly supported
is suspended more horizontally and vertically
than 18" from a ceiling to prevent movement.
using nonrigid hangers.

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Stacks must be properly PEX tubing must be properly supported to prevent

supported at their bases. kinking and abrasion of the tubing.

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