PIPE CUTTING

AND JOINING
METHODS FOR EACH PIPE TYPE AND THE
TOOLS NEEDED TO PERFORM THEM

PREPARED BY AR. FROILAN CABIGON

 WRENCHES
Plumbing tools used to grip, hold, tighten or loosen pipes into their fittings.

PIPE MONKEY STRAP CHAIN BASIN

• Jaw has teeth for • Has a flat jaw • Used in copper • Used in pipes • Designed to reach
gripping round design for gripping pipes or plated usually larger awkward spaces
surfaces (pipes) flat surfaces such as pipes since it does than 150mm in like the mounting
nuts in flanged not damage the diamater nuts in a faucet.
joints surface.
• Used in tight
spaces
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PIPE CUTTING
TOOLS

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 CUTTING TOOLS/METHODS
Pipe cutting tools and methods vary by pipe size and material

HACKSAW PIPE VISE SCISSOR-TYPE ROTARY PIPE MITER SAW

CUTTER CUTTERS • Cuts almost all
• For metal or • Not used for cutting • For plastic pipes • For metal or pipes
plastic pipes of per se, but up to 1” in plastic pipes of a
smaller diameter clamping pipe in diameter larger diameter. • Used for precision
place when cutting and repetitive
• Blades/wheels cutting
come into contact
with the pipe • Can also cut in 4
angles
PIPE JOINING
METHODS

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 PIPE JOINTS AND JOINING
Different materials employ different methods in joining pipes and fittings/

CEMENT WELD FUSION WELD SOLDERING THREADED FLANGED

• Used in UPVC and • Used in PPR and • Used in copper or • Used in GI or steel • Also used in GI or
CPVPC HDPE brass pipes steel pipes

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CEMENT WELD
Solvent cement for UPVC AND PVC ARE DIFFERENT!

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FUSION WELD
For PPR AND HDPE Pipes

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 SOLDERING
Used in copper pipes. A solder is
melted on the joint of the pipe
and fittings. When the solder
cools it bonds the joint

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 THREADED JOINTS
Are defined as separable joints which
are used to hold pipes and fittings
together by means of threaded
fastening such as in your water bottles

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PIPE THREADER
A tool used for threading GI or
steel pipes.

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 PIPE REAMER
A tool used for cleaning the burrs
on a GI or steel pipes after
threading or cutting.

PIPE REAMER

BURRS

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 TEFLON TAPE
Thread seal tape, also known as
teflon tape or plumber’s tape, is a
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tape
used in plumbing for sealing
threaded joints

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FLANGED JOINTS
A rubber gasket is inserted between the flanges and the compression made by the
nuts and bolts forms a tight seal.

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