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Student Joints and Connection
Student Joints and Connection
Water Test
• No section shall be tested
with less than a 3 m head
of water.
• In testing successive
sections, the upper 3 m
height of the preceding
section shall be tested
again.
Air Test
• Uniform gauge pressure
of 34.5 kpa or 254 mm
height column of
mercury.
Water Test
• Proved tight under water pressure not less than the
working pressure plus 50%.
Air Test
• 344.5 kpa air pressure may be substituted for water
test.
TYPES OF JOINTS
Threaded
Joints
– used for
galvanized iron,
steel, & plastic
pipes.
Shall be of standard taper pipe thread.
Brazing
Welding
2 traditional types:
• Standard fittings
• Flare fittings
Compression fittings
Step 1 Step 2
Step 3
Step 4 Step 5
Step 6 Step 7
Cement mortar joints
Concrete pipe joint using approved compression
elastomeric materials.
Asbestos cement sewer pipe joint