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Whether replacing a broken pipe or installing a new appliance, like a stove, hot water heater or washer and dryer, you'll need pipe fittings. Read this helpful eHow guide to learn all about pipe fittings for your next home project.
Pipe fittings are a necessary staple in plumbing projects. Professional plumbers rely on pipe fittings and always have a quantity on hand. For the non-professional, pipe Read More
Use galvanized threaded steel for gas distribution pipes; it is a better choice than copper because it can take more abuse from homeowners. Choose galvanized fittings over Read More
You'll need basic plumbing skills and tools, but the most important item you'll need is a dielectric fitting. This fitting joins a copper pipe to a galvanized pipe, called Read More
Sweating copper pipe fittings is exactly the same soldering pipes, which requires a solder, a flux and a heat source. See a demonstration of sweating copper pipe fittings Read More
Copper lines are found in many places. A common household use is as the water supply line for a refrigerator ice maker. Copper lines are often used as fixed fuel lines on Read More
The latest innovation in plumbing is push type pipe fittings. This incredible plumbing system eliminates the need for soldering, glues and other messy and inconvenient and Read More
Use Teflon tape to seal fittings on a gas stove line. Learn how to coat the threads on gas stove fittings from a professional handyman in this free video on home appliances. Read More
Copper pipe compression fittings are devices used in plumbing when two tubes composed of different materials need to be joined and kept tight to avoid leaking. As the name Read More
PVC corner fittings are designed to link two or more lengths of PVC pipe together in a constricted space, such as under a cabinet or in a wall. Most PVC corner fittings can Read More
Installing copper tubing flare fittings on flexible copper tubes requires a flare tubing set that features the exact size of tubing. Secure flare fittings onto copper Read More
Compression fittings are most popular in the electrical and plumbing industries, and are used mostly to attach two different types of piping together. This piping is Read More
Knowing how to bend pipe can be a very valuable skill. Professional mechanical pipe bending costs a minimum of $20, including the labor. Bending pipe yourself isn't Read More
Teflon tape is a delicate white strip of filmy material that's used to wrap plumbing pipe ends before screwing on the fittings that will attach to the pipe. The tape coats Read More
A variety of pipes in older homes may be made of galvanized steel. Today, most pipes used are made out of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). To replace these old galvanized pipes, Read More
In most cases, the pipe that is going to be bent for home modeling and repair is a thin pipe called conduit, which is usually used for electrical purposes. Find out how to Read More
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