Technical Notes
Read practical updates for commercial plumbing, industrial MRO, and pipe fitting specification teams.
A plumbing supply veteran explains how to loosen a tight pipe fitting without wrecking it—using an internal pipe wrench, a ratchet pipe cutter, penetrating oil, and the Charlotte Pipe fitting book as the first resource.
Continue readingA field perspective on choosing pipe fittings: why dimensional accuracy beats low quotes, the role of a 60 inch pipe wrench, and how to connect HDPE pipe to a gate valve without creating a bigger problem.
Continue readingA commercial purchasing administrator explains why solvent-welded PVC fittings can't be removed, the real cost of trying, and why Charlotte Pipe no hub fittings and the right wrenches solve the actual problem.
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