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Everything You Need To Know About Gas Piping

Are you new to the piping world? Have you just begin your career in installing gas pipes, and other piping stuff being a plumbing professional? If yes, then you’ve opened the right page, as this blog is all about the complete guide on gas piping. As it is said that; “ you can’t speak, until you don’t listen ” Similarly, you can’t preach anything practically until and unless you don’t learn about it thoroughly. With respect to this notion in mind, we have collected some basic chunks of information regarding gas piping. Hopefully, this informative blog post will clear all your confusion which you have regarding gas pipelines . Here, we start! ·        What kind of pipe is used for Gas Lines? The two most common materials used for gas line pipes are; steel and copper. The other mostly found pipe material are; ductile iron pipes, aluminum pipes, and yellow brass pipes to use in different situations. ·        What material used in the gas pipe? Another thing you should

Guide to Connect Union Pipe fittings

Do you know what Union in plumbing pipe fittings is? Well, Union pipe is like connectors that are used to connect different joints of pipes in such a way that it can be removed easily any time for maintenance. It is also used for diverting the flow of water or gas. What is the purpose of using union in plumbing? In the field of plumbing, the purpose of using unions is, you don’t need to remove other pipes when you have union pipe as a connector. It is also used for soldering, or rotation when using threaded pipe couplings, or threaded pipe nipples   The union pipe consists of two female threaded ends, with a central nut that holds two ends together. How to Connect Union Pipe fitting? This blog can be of great help to you, as we are going to share the best guidelines on how to connect union pipe fittings. Following these steps, you can do this fitting on your own without any assistance of professional plumbers. Step 1 In the first step, you need to measure the leng

Difference between Pipe Nipple and Pipe Coupling

Understanding piping works and its functions is not an easy task! There are a lot of basic things and requirements which a person need to fulfill to get a complete grasp of this field. Let’s take an example of pipe fittings and basic differences between each. Usually, people assume that there is not much difference between pipe nipple and coupling. In other words, they don’t count the minor differences between both as they found both usable in pipe fittings, and plumbing works. They may have a point in terms of general use, but technically, there is a great difference between both. However, we have collected some best points about both pipe nipple and couplings, by reading which you’ll learn the how they distinguish from each other. Major Differences between Pipe Nipple & Pipe Couplings Pipe Coupling Pipe coupling is referred to as a short length of pipe or tube with a socket connected at one end and sometimes at both ends which helps to connect two pipes or tu