Copper No Sweat Fittings

Sweat or unsweat copper pipe joints with a hand held torch.

Copper no sweat fittings.

These connections require pipe fittings flux solder and a blow torch. The plumber applies the solder to the juncture of the pipe and fitting making it watertight and permanent. 50 50 solder was comprised of 50 lead and 50 tin and had been used by the majority of plumbers to join copper pipe and fittings for many decades. Options also include cleaned and bagged for oxygen service medical gas.

The no sweat no soldering quick connect alternative. Sweating copper pipe fittings is exactly the same soldering pipes which requires a solder a flux and a heat source. Fittings have good corrosion resistance. For pricing and availability.

Nibco 3 4 in 90 degree copper slip elbow fittings. Wrot copper 90 cup x cup elbow fitting 50 pack the lead free wroth copper solder pressure the lead free wroth copper solder pressure 90 close rough elbow is used in residential and commercial systems such as potable water air conditioning and refrigeration. Nibco copper threaded adapter fittings. For copper cpvc pex applications quick fitting provides innovative repairable quick connection fittings valves stops pex and accessories for copper cpvc and pex plumbing heating compressed air inert gas and fluid applications.

Streamline copper solder joint fittings for supply pressurized systems have been the leading brand of copper fittings for decades. Plumbers join copper pipe with a torch and soldering paste in a process called sweating pipe. For pricing and availability. Solder these fittings to copper tubing or the tube end of another fitting for a permanent leak tight connection.

Also when you make a sweat connection on a water line get it right the first time. See a demonstration of sweating copper. If you make a mistake the connection is difficult to redo. To make repairs it is sometimes necessary to take the joint apart.

To adhere to safety standards for drinking water systems use fittings that meet nsf ansi 61 en 1057 or dvgw gw 8 p. For obvious reasons never use a sweat fitting to join copper gas pipes. After the pipe and fittings are cleaned flux is applied to the fitting to prevent the copper from oxidizing and to ensure a strong bond between the copper and solder. Available in both wrot copper and cast bronze our product selection has grown to become the most extensive in the industry.

If your home has copper water piping and those pipes were installed before 1986 your copper pipe fittings were generally joined or soldered together with 50 50 solder. There must be no water in the line when you solder a sweat fitting because the water will vaporize and prevent the pipe from. Copper tube size is the accepted designation of the copper tubing industry not.