Can I Swage Gas Pipe?

[John A]

Hello new here, can I swag gas pipe instead of using a fitting?

 

[kris]

Are u gas safe registered ?

 

[BYP]

Yes, that’s fine.

 

[townfanjon]

What is a swag on a gas pipe guys ?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

What is a swag on a gas pipe guys ?

Using expanders to create a socket

 

[townfanjon]

Using expanders to create a socket

Cheers
Lol , I have never heard that before .

 

[fixitflav]

Using expanders to create a socket

That's swage, but swag is what burglars carry in a sack

 

[BYP]

Cheers
Lol , I have never heard that before .

It’s old school

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Cheers
Lol , I have never heard that before .

Currently the new trend on Twitter

 

[John A]

Yes, that’s fine.

Ok

 

[sammathias]

Someone's been watching too much pbplumber on Instagram! I personally don't like swaging. Think it thins the already thin walled copper.

 

[townfanjon]

Someone's been watching too much pbplumber on Instagram! I personally don't like swaging. Think it thins the already thin walled copper.

Yep me too , jesus wept, fittings cost sod all .

 

[townfanjon]

It’s old school

Theres nobody more old school / old git than me lol
Just never heard it .

 

[quality]

Its the main method we use in refrigeration but the copper it much better quality

 

[sammathias]

Yep me too , jesus wept, fittings cost sod all .

You must have heard it called flaring copper before surely? That's what I always knew it by until seeing 'swaging' on social media

 

[Darren Jackson]

Common practise now't wrong with it as long as your GSR that is. 1 solder ring instead of 2 saves time and money. But then again I am a thoroughbred Yorkshire man. Short arms - Deep pockets

 

[sammathias]

Don't believe it saves time at all.

 

[townfanjon]

You must have heard it called flaring copper before surely? That's what I always knew it by until seeing 'swaging' on social media

Yep we just called them ‘expanded sockets “

 

[townfanjon]

Common practise now't wrong with it as long as your GSR that is. 1 solder ring instead of 2 saves time and money. But then again I am a thoroughbred Yorkshire man. Short arms - Deep pockets

Man after my own heart, scots have nowt on us guys

 

[Darren Jackson]

Don't believe it saves time at all.

Only seconds saved granted but 50% less solder, steel wool n flux. lol

 

[Scott_D]

Pb plumbers work

 

[sammathias]

Decent fitter pb, almost as good as me. He loves to promote the latest gear tho. Swear he's sponsored by the sheer amount of kit he has

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Decent fitter pb, almost as good as me. He loves to promote the latest gear tho. Swear he's sponsored by the sheer amount of kit he has

He is

 

[Jim Goodenough]

If swaging watch your knuckle on your 1st finger.... it hurts to think about. Miss the Monument expander and youch....

 

[king of pipes]

Don't do it copper pipe is thin enough as it is use the appropriate fittings. Kop

 

[oz-plumber]

Just out of interest - off topic.

What are your copper tube wall thicknesses?
We measure our pipe OD.
1/2" - 0.91 mm
3/4" - 1.02 mm
1" - 1.22 mm

We always expand copper ( swage ) and have never had too many issues

 

[Scott_D]

Just out of interest - off topic.

What are your copper tube wall thicknesses?
We measure our pipe OD.
1/2" - 0.91 mm
3/4" - 1.02 mm
1" - 1.22 mm

We always expand copper ( swage ) and have never had too many issues

No one likes a show off

 

[Best]

I suppose expanding (stretching) the pipe for making it into a socket is no different than bending pipes with a bending machine, as still being stretched and made thinner.
But what is the cost of 22mm end feed connectors? Almost nothing.
I see one slight advantage to swage pipes that are rising vertical, - you have a vertical top joint only to solder and the solder will flow down easy, as opposed to also having a joint to solder from the bottom.
If you are counting how much solder wire and flux you are saving by using a swage, then you must be on a very tight price

 

[PETE 123]

I dont think your allowed to use a mandrel to swage the pipe as it alters its thickness.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I dont think your allowed to use a mandrel to swage the pipe as it alters its thickness.

It's fine