On 3 June, 15:42, Roger Mills wrote:
On 03/06/2011 13:24, fred wrote:









On 2 June, 20:50, Roger *wrote:
On 02/06/2011 14:19, fred wrote:

How do I ensure a plumbing fitting brass 'T' ends up in the correct
orientation when fully tightened ?

Paul Mc Cann

Are you talking about a compression fitting, or an internally threaded
fitting, requiring the ends of the pipes to be threaded?
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Roger
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HI,

Thanks for your help.

I'm talking compression fittings. The horizontal bar of the Tee is
vertical with the leg coming out horizontally. I want the leg to point
in a particular direction but when I tighten it up it ends about 45
degrees out.

In that case, you fit the branch pipe first, and hold that so it points
in the right direction while you do up the 'straight through'
compression nuts.
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Roger
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Roger,

many thanks for your help. Unfortunately the Tee is mounted in the
body of a water pump. One leg in the pump housing, the opposite leg in
the accumulator tank, and the third, troublesome, leg is to the
outlets circuit. I was trying to align the pressurised outlet pipe
with the incoming water supply pipe for neatness and convenience of
siting the pump.

Gave up in the finish !

Paul Mc Cann