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Common bending faults

Building and Construction · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Flattened, kinked, rippled and wrong-angle bends, their causes, and why a spoilt bend must be cut out.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Why proper pipework matters
  2. Galvanised steel pipe
  3. Copper pipe
  4. Plastic pipes
  5. Choosing a pipe material
  6. Pipe sizes and how they are stated
  7. Pipe fittings and what each does
  8. Valves and taps
  9. Reading a pipework drawing
  10. Measuring pipe and allowing for fittings
  11. Cutting pipe
  12. Threading steel pipe
  13. Making a threaded joint
  14. Compression joints
  15. Soldered capillary joints
  16. Solvent welding PVC
  17. Fusion welding PPR
  18. Why bend rather than use fittings
  19. Bending pipe: springs, formers and machines
  20. Setting out a bend
  21. Common bending faults
  22. Supporting and fixing pipework
  23. Testing for leaks
  24. Safety in pipework
  25. The whole pipework process