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title: Pipe Fitting
description: Pipe fitting is the practice of measuring, cutting, threading, and joining pipes for water, gas, or chemical transport. Learners will understand how to work with various materials like copper, PVC, and steel, and how to install secure piping layouts.
category: trades-crafts
subcategory: plumbing-and-hvac
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/pipe-fitting
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# Pipe Fitting

Pipe fitting is the practice of measuring, cutting, threading, and joining pipes for water, gas, or chemical transport. Learners will understand how to work with various materials like copper, PVC, and steel, and how to install secure piping layouts.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Pipefitter Forum

Reddit r/Pipefitters community

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.reddit.com/r/Pipefitters/

### 2. PHCC Resources

Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors resources

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.phccweb.org

### 3. familyhandyman.com

Family Handyman is a DIY home-improvement site offering step-by-step guides, tips, and projects for home wiring basics and electrical safety. Content includes tutorials on wiring outlets and switches, circuits and panels, tool recommendations, and troubleshooting advice.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://familyhandyman.com

**Tags:** websites, engineering-manufacturing, electronics-electrical

## Books

### 1. Plumbing Technology: Design and Installation

**Author:** Lee Smith

A trade-school textbook covering residential and commercial plumbing systems: water supply and drainage design, fixture installation, pipe materials and joining methods, and code requirements. Readers can size and lay out supply and DWV systems and follow standard installation practice.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0766810844?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, trades-crafts, plumbing

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