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  2. Coupling (piping) - Wikipedia

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    Alternatively it is a short length of pipe with two female National pipe threads (NPT) (in North American terms, a coupler is a double female while a nipple is double male) or two male or female British standard pipe threads. If the two ends of a coupling are of different standards or joining methods, the coupling is called an adapter. Examples ...

  3. Garden hose - Wikipedia

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    This fitting is used with 1 ⁄ 2-inch, 5 ⁄ 8-inch, and 34-inch hoses. [4] [5] In other countries, a British Standard Pipe (BSP) thread is used, which is 34 inch (19 mm) and 14 TPI (male part outside diameter is 26.441 mm or 1.04 in). The GHT and BSP standards are not compatible, and attempting to connect a GHT hose to a BSP fitting ...

  4. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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    Plastic pipe is in wide use for domestic water supply and drain-waste-vent (DWV) pipe. Principal types include: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was produced experimentally in the 19th century but did not become practical to manufacture until 1926, when Waldo Semon of BF Goodrich Co. developed a method to plasticize PVC, making it easier to process.

  5. Plastic pipework - Wikipedia

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    Plastic Pipe lengths manufactured in Australia by extruding HDPE material.. Plastic pipe is a tubular section, or hollow cylinder, made of plastic.It is usually, but not necessarily, of circular cross-section, used mainly to convey substances which can flow—liquids and gases (fluids), slurries, powders and masses of small solids.

  6. Cross-linked polyethylene - Wikipedia

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    A cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipe. Cross-linked polyethylene, commonly abbreviated PEX, XPE or XLPE, is a form of polyethylene with cross-links.It is used predominantly in building services pipework systems, hydronic radiant heating and cooling systems, domestic water piping, insulation for high tension (high voltage) electrical cables, and baby play mats.

  7. Nipple (plumbing) - Wikipedia

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    ASTM A733-03 Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel and Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe Nipples. ASTM B687-99(2005)e1 Standard Specification for Brass, Copper, and Chromium-Plated Pipe Nipples. ASME B1.20.7 Hose Coupling Screw Threads, Inch.

  8. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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    A fibre washer (which expands when wet, aiding the seal) is used between the connector and the tap tail. Tap tails are normally 1 ⁄ 2 " or 12 mm in diameter for sinks and 34 " or 19 mm for baths, although continental Europe sometimes uses a 3 ⁄ 8 " (still imperial) size.

  9. Socket wrench - Wikipedia

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    These drive fittings come in four common sizes: 1 ⁄ 4 inch, 3 ⁄ 8 inch, 1 ⁄ 2 inch, and 34 inch (referred to as "drives", as in "3 ⁄ 8 drive"). Despite being denominated in inches, these are trade names ( common product name ), and manufacturers construct them to 6.3 mm, 9.5 mm, 12.5 mm and 19 mm, having been rounded to a ...