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Pipe Fittings
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Available here in brass, malleable black iron, galvanized, and stainless. Various shapes and sizes are used to connect pipes.
Product Description | Product Use | |
45 Degree Elbow | Changes pipe direction by 45 degrees. Two female ends. | |
45 Degree Street Elbow | Changes direction by 45 degrees. One end male, other female (street). | |
90 Degree Elbow | Changes pipe direction by 90 degrees. Two female ends. | |
90 Degree Street Elbow | Changes direction by 90 degrees. One end male, other female. | |
Cap | A female threaded fitting used to close the end of a male pipe. | |
Close Nipple | A short piece of threaded pipe. Usually fully threaded. | |
Cored Hex Plug | Hex headed male threaded cap used to plug a line. The threaded portion of this is hollow or cored. | |
Coupling | This female fitting joins two pieces of in line pipe. | |
Extender Adapter | Straight line fitting adapts (and extends) a female thread to a male thread. They can be the same or different diameters. | |
90 Degree Male Elbow | Just like the elbow listed above, this changes direction 90 degrees but has two male ends. | |
Hex Bushing | Looks like a hex plug except it has threads on the inside and out to join two pipe with different diameters. | |
Hex Head Plug | Male threaded cap to a line. Much like the cored hex plug except that it is solid throughout. | |
Hex Nipple | A short piece of threaded pipe with hex piece in the center. | |
Lock Nut | A thin hex shaped female threaded nut. Used as a locking mechanism. | |
Long Nipple | A pipe threaded on both ends. Varies in diameter and length. Longer than a close nipple and not fully threaded. | |
Male Branch Tee | The top of the tee has two female ends. The bottom of the tee is male. They are all the same diameter. | |
Reducing Couplings | A female fitting used two join two different pipe sizes. | |
Reducing Hex Nipple | A short piece of threaded pipe, a hex piece in the center, with different thread diameters on each side. | |
Square Head Plug | Male threaded end to cap a line with a square head. | |
Street Tee | Also known as a service tee. Imagine a letter "T", the top left and bottom portion are female, the top right is male. | |
Union | Three piece fitting that connects two pipes. Can be disconnect without cutting pipe. Some say a state's rights issue. | |
Union Tee | Imagine the "T" again. All points of the "T" will be female. |