Guides
Short, plain guides to choosing and ordering pipe fittings, valves and hydraulic hose.
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- Buttweld, socket weld or threaded: choosing pipe fittingsHow the three ways of joining a fitting to pipe differ, and where each one belongs. Range: Pipe and pipe fittings
- Ball, gate, globe or butterfly: which valve for which jobWhat each of the four common valves does best, and which jobs to keep it away from. Range: Valves
- Burst hydraulic hose: what to send so the right hose comes backThe photos and details that get a replacement hose right first time. Range: Hydraulic hose and fittings