Water Copper Compression Fittings

Compression fittings used on copper pipe are easy to fit together and remove.

Water copper compression fittings. 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. Our fittings are approved for potable water natural lp gas and solar high temperature water applications indicated by the ring seal colour of the fitting. Also known as instrumentation fittings they are made to tight tolerances for use in high precision applications. Larsen supply company presents a 2 minute plumbing video on how to install a compression fitting on copper or plastic tubing.

The forge v profile range of copper press fittings is a flame free quick and reliable alternative to using heat to joint pipes. This is done by putting two copper pipes together in such a way that they make a sleeve or a joint or a tee in case you need to connect at least three pipes that fits in the. 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. They are compatible with swagelok let lok and a lok fittings.

A compression fitting consists of three parts a compression nut a compression ring and a compression seat. Traditionally copper pipe connections are usually made by soldering the fittings together. The sleeves bite into tubing as you tighten the nut creating a strong seal. They are most commonly found on water shutoff valves or stop valves the type used on faucet and toilet water supply pipes.

Copper pipes are ideal for supplying both cold and hot water around a home. Compression fittings create removable plumbing connections on standard rigid and flexible copper pipe and tubing. Fittings are brass for good corrosion resistance. In instances where two pipes made of dissimilar materials are to be joined most commonly pvc and copper the fittings will be made of one or more compatible materials appropriate for the connection compression fittings for attaching tubing piping commonly have.