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Chapter 6
Joining, Installing, and Supporting
Pipe
Plastic Pipe Joints • Copper Tube
Joints • Cast Iron Soil Pipe Joints •
Steel Pipe Joints • Installing and
Supporting Pipe
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Personal protective
equipment, including
proper eye and skin
protection, must be worn
when working with
cleaners, primers, and
solvent cements.
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Primers are required

for PVC and CPVC
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 cure times will need to be adjusted,

depending on outside temperature.
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Solvent cement softens

plastic pipe and fittings,
ensuring a tight joint
when the pipe is forced
all the way into the fitting.
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The proper preparation

and installation
techniques must be
used to ensure
watertight and airtight
solvent-cemented joints.
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An expander tool is
used to expand the
end of PEX tubing
manufactured using
the Engel process.
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A crimping tool is
used to compress
the sleeve on PEX
tubing manufactured
using the silane or
radiation process.
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Push-type PEX fittings connect PEX tubing by using

an internal interlocking mechanism.
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The three techniques of heat fusion are socket, butt,

and sidewall fusion.
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Electrofusion is the process of joining two PE pipes

together using an internally heated coupling.
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Mechanical couplings joining

two ends of PE pipe provide
leakproof joints that also
resist pressure.
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Capillary attraction
draws molten solder into
the gap between the
copper tube and fitting.
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The pasty range is the

working temperature
range for a particular
type of solder.
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Copper tube and fittings

must be properly
prepared and joined to
ensure a leakproof joint.
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The proper brazing

temperature is achieved when
the fitting becomes dull red or
the flux becomes clear.
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In the brazing process,

heat is applied to the joint
and a filler metal is used
to fill the gap between
the fitting and tube.
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Copper press fittings of

1/2″ to 2″ are installed
without soldering by using
a pressing tool to press
the fittings together.
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Copper press fittings

of 2 1/2″ to 4″ are
installed without
soldering by using a
pressing tool and
pressing ring to press
the fittings together.
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The depth, width, and

location of a rolled
groove must be
accurate to ensure a
watertight joint.
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Copper rolled groove

joints are used for
aboveground potable
water supply applications.
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A pi tape is used to measure

the groove diameter of rolled
groove pipe.
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A branch tee is
extruded from the
wall of copper tube
using a T-drill fitted
with a collaring head.
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An impact flaring
tool can be used to
flare types K and L
copper tube.
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A yoke-and-screw
flaring tool flares the
end of copper tube
to accept the end of
the fitting.
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Compression joints
consist of a compression
fitting, compression ring,
compression nut, and
copper tube being joined.
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Lengths of no-hub
cast iron soil pipe
must be properly
aligned and joined
to create a
leakproof joint.
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Compression
gaskets provide a
leakproof joint
between the bell
and spigot.
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NPT are tapered 3/4″ per

foot of thread length so
that the pipe and fittings
will make up tightly to
form a leakproof joint.
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Male (external) pipe

threads are cut at the
ends of pipe to
engage properly with
the fitting threads.
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Dig holes under underground drainage and waste

pipe couplings, bells, or joints so pipe firmly rests on
its barrel.
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Proper backfilling
procedures ensure that
underground pipe
remains in position.
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Pipe hangers and supports

are anchored to structural
members, such as beams,
studs, or joists, to ensure
proper stability, support,
and alignment of pipe.
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Brackets are used to

support horizontal and
vertical pipes, and are
attached to wood and
metal framing members
and adjacent pipes.
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Riser clamps, pipe straps, and

extension split pipe clamps
maintain alignment of vertical pipe.
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A variety of hangers,
clamps, and hooks are
available to support
horizontal pipe.
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Plastic pipe conveying

hot water waste must be
supported on continuous
wood strips or angle iron
for its entire length.
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Hangers must be placed adjacent to no-hub couplings.

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Sway bracing is used

when cast iron soil pipe
is suspended more
than 18" from a ceiling
using nonrigid hangers.
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Closet bends must be

properly supported
horizontally and vertically
to prevent movement.
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Stacks must be properly

supported at their bases.
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PEX tubing must be properly supported to prevent

kinking and abrasion of the tubing.