A lesson about iron pipe as a plumbing material - Intro to Plumbing Systems

In this video, we review iron pipe materials as part of our Intro to Plumbing Lesson Series.     Remember to watch the other material videos in this series - More about PVC, copper, and PEX

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0:00 Black and galvanized iron pipe
4:30 Pipe threads
5:09 Fittings and valves for iron pipe
11:40 Thread sealing materials

[koreyphan]

There are not many videos that describe iron pipes in such a clear manner. Thank you so much for this!

[j.r.moparman]

Just found you . Very informative . Comfortable speech speed (not too fast ) you get extra high marks for not having kids, animals, or music in background. Your audience can then get the rich content w/o those distractions.

[matthieurichard]

Thank you I’m currently taking this course in my plumbing apprenticeship program and this helps a lot. Blessings to you

[ifixditpd]

Good job with explaining iron piping...clear, consise and easy to follow & understand. 👍🤝

[rollyourowntech]

This was tremendously helpful as I was making repairs to a water heater, and needed to know about the pipe union fitting.

[whiskeyblood]

Just found this channel. Great info and very informative. I hope you continue to publish these videos.

[martinderome]

Wow. Thanks for the clarification about pipe vs tubing related to diameter. BTW your pronunciation is very good making your english easy to understand for non english speaking. Merci!

[arcvidelos]

Thank you for this. Glad the gas water heater has a union fitting.

[angelrengifo]

Excelente video, muchas gracias, saludos desde Venezuela.

[jacktheredd]

good video. guy has a pretty nice looking shop, and the bandaid makes it authentic. pipefitters with clean smooth hands are untested

[joshcowart]

Several things to correct. You could take this videos advice and get by fine. This is more nitpicking than anything. Galvanized is perfectly legal for gas. So is brass for that matter. Coastal areas use it because it holds up better in the sea air than black iron. This is why you put a drip leg before each appliance to catch particles. Also, bushings are illegal to for gas but not for water. I always thought this was odd because water runs at much higher pressures than gas. Though I guess water isn’t as dangerous if it leaks. The last thing is just a nit pick. He said that pex and copper were measured by OD whereas steel pipe is ID. This is incorrect. All plumbing pipes are measured by ID. HVAC labels their copper by OD. In plumbing you have two two designations for OD, IPS (iron pipe size) and CTS(copper tubing size). All pipes will fit in one of these. Steel pipe, brass pipe, pvc, and cast iron are all considered IPS. Copper, pex, and cpvc are all CTS. Though the size is nominal on some. Copper tubing is actually 1/2” ID. Pex however has the same OD but a thicker wall so it’s slightly smaller on the inside.

[kennedynkhomankonde]

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[PBS-nmuu]

nice, will be looking forward to more of your videos.

[rahulmarch]

Sir, first your way of speaking is best, people all around world can listen and understand you, giving time in between your words. Sir in our village home in mountain our gi water pipe broke. What should be the distance between two 1/2inch gi pipes, so that we can join them by union.

[ctaylor]

In plumbing, copper pipe is measured by inside diameter. In hvac, it is measured by outside diameter. That's why hvac techs call 3/4" copper 7/8".

[johnmcentee]

If I can make one observation, copper tubing is measured on the ID unless you are working with ACR tubing which is measured on the OD. Otherwise your videos are done nicely. Don't know if your a plumber or pipefitter by trade.

[ExodiaNecross]

I’m studying this at the moment in College, and I have an exam in this the coming Thursday 😁

[johnjohn-nefw]

Very helpful. The only thing I can do to show appreciation is hit the like button and subscribe. I hope others will follow.👍

[darrylc]

i'm replacing a valve that has no unions with a valve using a union on both ends. i noticed when taking the union apart there's a shoulder that fits within the inside of other side of the union to seal the fitting. when removing the valve by unscrewing the two unions you have to create at least an 1/8 of an inch from each union in order to pull the valve out. how do you create that clearance to remove the valve? hope this make since.

[richellereynolds]

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